Madtown Poetry Open Mic w/ featured reader Jeannie Bergmann

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, May 5, 2018
8:00 pm

This month, the Open Mic is on the first SATURDAY, May 5th! Frandu will host! Jeannie Bergmann will be our amazing featured reader! See you there!!!

Sign up starts at 7:30 / Show at 8pm.

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