Volume 14, No. 6
March 2008 ISSUE • 5
THE ARTS MAGAZINE OF THE ART STUDIO, INC.
APRIL 2005 ‘Study for The Big Sneeze” by The Art Guys is among the works on display in “Cloud Cuckoo Land” at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas through April 6.
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The Art Guys — Michael Galbreth, left, and Jack Massing
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INSIDE: LISA REINAUER: JUDGE AND JURY, HOT PIG, AND MORE
See GUYS on page 11
