Mad City Story Slam - Wishes do come true!

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, March 1, 2024
7:00 pm

For March we have a theme suggested by a member of the story slam community: Wishes do come true! Come tell a story about a wish of yours (whether it came true or not)!
Get up to the mic, or just come to listen! Sign up starts at 6:30, show starts at 7.

Open Mic