Andy Ewen w/ Mark Adkins

Art in the cafe...

Tamara Lea Kaufman


"pretty ~ ugly"


February 2026



Artist Statement Tamara Lea Kaufman’s personal artwork ranges from serious to quirky, dark, adult-themed humor. She creates multimedia assemblage, collage, and dioramas made from HO-scale railroad hobby miniatures, preserved insects, paint, embroidery, found objects, and typically discarded materials such as candy wrappers and the overlooked debris of everyday life. Her work explores topics of consumption, waste, desire, relationships, psychology, politics, societal pressures and the levity of humor needed to survive it all. It gives her joy to repurpose materials into something new, useful, or...
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Saturday, November 17, 2007

Andy Ewen is a fixture on the Madison, WI. music scene. He has fronted the band Honor Among Thieves for twenty-five years and has performed and recorded with many other musicians as well. He is also a visual artist and illustrator.

Mark Adkins of two time MAMA winning band subvocal "plays moody, layered music that should appeal to fans of Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois"

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