Freedom Night Open Mic

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, July 28, 2018
8:00 pm

"Music makes the people come together. Music makes the bourgeoisie and the rebel." - Madonna

This open mic welcomes performances of all kinds (poetry, magic, dance, etc.)

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

Hosted by Angelica Engel.