The Ericksons

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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Friday, October 23, 2009

The Ericksons bring their indie-folk sound to Madison via Brooklyn, NY. Bethany and Jenny have been writing, recording and playing music in NYC for the past three years and are very happy to be calling Minneapolis their new home base. With sounds from tenor and acoustic guitars, banjo and vocals that interweave creating layers of harmony and skilled melodies the two create a captivating energy on stage. It is through making music together that the pair attempts to live honestly and find beauty even in the darkest of places.