MadTown Poetry Open Mic

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, November 2, 2018
8:00 pm

Come read your latest poetry, short fiction or other spoken word work at the MadTown Poetry Open Mic.

We will start the evening with Featured author, Ron Czerwien.

Sign up starts at 7:30 / Show starts at 8.

Hosted by Kelli Miner.

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