Art Fowler and John Minnich

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 30, 2019
8:00 pm

Hippie Jazz and Soulful Originals. Hailing from Milwaukee, guitarist Art Fowler plays, writes and sings in a rich jazz and blues idiom. His lyrics encourage pushing through to greater human connection in uncertain times. He currently resides in Tokyo. John Minnich is a bassist living in Madison.

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