Magic Mama - $6

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, July 10, 2010

Magic Mama is an Eco-Edu-tainer who performs Organic Hip Hop and World Beats for all ages. Through her music, Magic Mama delivers an empowering and hope-filled message of love and respect for all and inspires creative thinking and Earth-friendly actions. Her music has been described as "De La Soul meets Keller Williams on Sesame Street" and Hip Parent calls Magic Mama "The Ani DiFranco of family entertainment."

Magic Mama plays a Taylor guitar, harmonium, beat box, washboard, and canning jars filled with water making her genre-elusive music challenging to describe. You just have to see it to hear it!