Michael Lee Ammons and John Fabke

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, January 16, 2009

This show reunites two of the former members of Durable Goods (featured on the Live @ Mother Fools CD) Mike is now based in Sheboygan and fronts the popular jug/blues/string band the Water Street Hotshots (www.ammonshotshots.com) John Fabke (www.johnfabkemusic.com) is based in Poynette, WI and plays with the award-winning Nob Hill Boys and Cajun Strangers. This evening, Ammons and Fabke will share their old-time blues songs and tunes on guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle and more.

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