Mad City Story Slam: Love is Blind

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, February 3, 2023
7:00 pm

Love is Blind. Tell a story about loving and losing, or loving despite it all, or anything else you can think off. Or even just to listen! Doors open at 6:30PM, show starts at 7PM. As always, the event is free for all to attend!

Open Mic