Mad City Story Slam

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 7, 2023
7:00 pm

Mad City Story Slam presents "Failure to Launch!" our first story slam at Mother Fools Coffee House. Come tell a 5-minute story about a botched rocket launch, the disastrous opening night of your play, or the time you *tried* to move out of your parents' basement. Or, just come to listen! As with all our story slams, this event is free to attend.

Open Mic