East Side Acoustic Ensemble (ESAE) Fall Performance

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, November 4, 2017
8:00 pm

After 2 months of auditions, East Side Acoustic Ensemble is excited to be hosting their first (and last with this lineup) show. The group, led by folk musician, Ritt Deitz, is made up of Eastside Madison musicians selected through an audition process. They then rehearsed and worked towards this show which will be a showcase presentation.

From the basement to the stage - Wisconsin State Journal
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