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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, January 25, 2014

Quietrise is Joshua Garner. Pennsylvania-grown electro-folk music. Bleeps and bloops mixed with folk melodies and meaningful lyrics. Joshua has performed in PA for many years in a number of different bands, but has finally settled into his favorite genre mash-up. Now living in Madison, he has started performing around the area. He makes electronic music accessable, and first and foremost, listenable. If you like singer-songwriters with a twist, come on down!