Poetry Reading

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 25, 2011

This is a free event that will feature undergraduates in the creative writing program at UW Madison. Many will be reading for the first time, so come out and show your support for young writers! If there\'s time, people are welcome to sign up and read some of their own work. Bring your friends! Berets are optional.

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