Jim Seem - $6

Art in the cafe...

Laurel Statz


"The Spectator"


December 2025



Laurel Statz is a painter and Madison area native. Her work, while figurative, is influenced by abstraction and minimalism. The paintings often have a quick and instinctual nature, capturing just what’s needed. While she often times herself to eliminate extra details and over-precision, she has ventured into more detailed works as well. Laurel does not attach narrative to her pieces. Rather, she thinks of them like a journaling process for her scatter-brained psyche. The figures in the pieces are meant to be processing tools for the artist and the viewer. She hopes that seeing these figures helps the...
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Friday, August 13, 2010

Jim Seem and Melissa Hyman play a unique blend of hip-hop-influenced, cello-spiked acoustic R&B. Based out of Asheville, NC, this soulful duo's live shows have drawn enthusiastic crowds and rave reviews in the Midwest and up and down the East Coast as their reputation grows for putting on a powerful, sexy and entertaining performance.