Glitter Kitten w/ Allison Merten

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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Saturday, January 17, 2015
8:00 pm

Allison Merten is a singer-songwriter and one-woman band in Madison, Wisconsin. She released her debut album, TEMPTATION, in January of 2014. When she performs, you will hear an acoustic fusion of indie-rock, folk, and pop. Doing music has always been Allison's dream. She's excited to share her music with the world!Half sparkles. Half charisma. 100% kitten.

Glitterkitten - We are an all-female group that plays fun, emotionally connected, occasionally-poppy, occasionally-dark, folky, smoky alternative rock music. Glitterkitten features full drums, bass, electric guitars, and keyboards, with a viola rounding out our sound.

We all have past musical experience, gigging for years with bands in the Madison area and beyond. Ginny and Allison (Boob Dylan), Caroline (Femmefatale), Axis, (Sleep With Me, Santa), Sarah (Horses & Bayonets), and Taryn with many bands throughout her musical career.

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