Maritza - $6

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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Saturday, September 22, 2012

Maritza -\"Balkan Boogie, Romany romp, Klezmer kut-ups\"

This Decorah, Iowa-based ethnic folk band, plays Balkan dance and gypsy music from Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Albania, and Greece, and traditional Jewish Klezmer music.

Players are: Pine Wilson-accordion; Ann Streufert-violin and flute; Elizabeth Finanger - mandolin and guitar; Kristine Jepsen - clarinet; and Hannah Breckbill - Acoustic bass.

Music