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Updated on April 25, 2013

Shake Hands With The Art Guys

Date: June 27, 2013
Time: TBD
Location: TBD

Description: - The Art Guys will make themselves available to anyone who wishes to shake their hands. "Shake Hands With The Art Guys" will be presented throughout the day for eight hours in a public, pedestrian location so that anyone may participate. Shake Hands With The Art Guys will be presented on National Handshake Day.
Audiences may follow The Art Guys live during this event on FaceBook or Twitter ( @TheArtGuys)

The Art Guys unwind, and then rewind, A Length of String
as part of "12 Events"

Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Time: 9:00 a.m. CST until complete
Location: TBD

Description: - In 1983, The Art Guys bought a spool a string thinking that this string would be useful for many applications and projects.   Since that time, this spool of string has remained virtually unused.   Beginning at 9:00 a.m. (date and location to be announced), The Art Guys will unravel this spool of string by walking. After the spool of string has been completely unwound, The Art Guys will reverse their tracks and rewind the string back onto its spool.

Audiences followed The Art Guys live during this event on FaceBook or Twitter ( @TheArtGuys)

The Special Collections of the Libraries of the University of Houston acquires The Art Guys's Records


The Art Guys Papers at the University of Houston Library Special Collections

The Art Guys conduct the sounds of the Ship Channel in
Symphony No. 1 For The Ship Channel
as part of "12 Events"

Date: Friday, April 19, 2013
Time: 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Houston Ship Channel at the Santa Anna Capture Site, Pasadena, Texas

Description:  From 12:00 noon until 1:00 p.m. at the Santa Anna Capture Site on the banks of the Houston Ship Channel,
The Art Guys conduct the sounds of the Houston Ship Channel.

The Art Guys mark the Cardinal Points of Houston
as part of "12 Events"

Date: Friday, March 22, 2013
Time: beginning at 9:00 a.m. until complete
Location: the extreme north, south, east and west street locations of Houston, Texas

Description: The Art Guys select something gathered from the cardinal points of Houston (the extreme north, south, east, west street locations)
and displace this material around in a counter clockwise fashion.

The Art Guys walk The Longest Street In Houston
as part of "12 Events"

Time: beginning at 7:00 a.m. until completed
Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Location: Little York Road, Houston, Texas

Description: - Beginning at the farthest east end of Little York Road at Mesa Drive in Houston and proceeding west past Fry Road,
The Art Guys walked the entire length of Little York Road, the longest street in Houston.* The Art Guys completed their walk at 4:00 p.m.
*The Art Guys concluded their walk where Little York Road ends a few blocks west of Fry Road just past Hemmenway Elementary School at 20400 West Little York Road in Katy, Texas. The distance is approximately 29.6 miles.

Click here for photos by Everett Taasevigen and Patrick Bresnan.

The Art Guys install the "Suitcase Wheel" in San Antonio International Airport
Sponsored by PASA (Public Art San Antonio)
press release


The "Suitcase Wheel" was first exhibited at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston in 1995.
This is the first public display of this work since it was last shown at the Tacoma Art Museum in 1999.

The Art Guys wish to thank the following for their help in realizing this project:
PASA (Public Art San Antonio), San Antonio International Airport, TY Art,
Gary Sweeney, Everett Taasevigen, Tommy Gregory, Marissa Laubscher (PASA), Justice Edge (JQ Engineering)
and especially Jimmy LeFlore (Public Art Manager, PASA) for his extraordinary efforts on behalf of this project

The Art Guys announce plans for 2013:
a year long celebration of events, situations, circumstances and disturbances
in celebration of 30 years of collaboration by The Art Guys

1983-2013
30 years of collaboration, commitment, confustion

The Art Guys in the news 2013

May, 2013
University of Houston puts art in its place: on campus - Houston Chronicle
Art Guys to start unraveling - Swamplot
Art Guys to unravel, then reassemble a spool of string - Houston Chronicle

April, 2013
Special Collections Acquires The Art Guys Records - University of Houston Libraries Blogs
Art Guys working with Ship Channel next 'event' - Swamplot

March, 2013
The Art Guys vs. Little York: The Longest Street in Houston - Otis Ike, Glasstire
The Art Guys walk the longest street in Houston & they have the Twitpics to prove it - Tyler Rudick, CultureMap
Walking Little York with the Art Guys - Swamplot
What it means to walk with The Art Guys - Swamplot
Controversial Tree Removed from Menil’s Permanent Collection as Supreme Court Mulls Gay Marriage - Glasstire
The Tree That’s “Not About Gay Marriage” Gets Removed - Art Fag City
A zesty wedge of Houston's history: And the 2013 Art Car Parade grand marshals are . . . - CultureMap

February, 2013
The Art Guys’ big wheel at SA Intn’l Airport - San Antonio Current
Art Guys sculpture installed at airport - My San Antonio
Art Guys Dust Off Suitcase Wheel for San Antonio Airport - Glasstire
San Antonio International Airport to exhibit giant suitcase sculpture - San Antonio Business Journal

January, 2013
2013 will be the year of The Art Guys - Glasstire
A Tree Grows In Menil Park by Robert Boyd, The Great God Pan Is Dead
On Institutional Cowardice: The Menil Collection - Rainey Knudson, Glasstire
Menil, Surls Comment on Art Guys Marry A Plant Removal - Bill Davenport, Glasstire
Art world shocker: Art Guys confirm Menil Collection plans to remove controversial tree project - Tyler Rudick, CultureMap
The Menil Divorces the Art Guys - Mimi Swartz, Texas Monthly
'The Art Guys Marry A Plant' Removed From Menil Collection Under Mysterious Circumstances - Priscilla Frank, Huffington Post
Update: Menil Says the Art Guys Tree Was Moved to Save It & It is Still Part of Its Collection - Meredith Deliso, Houston Press
Divorce, Art Style - Elaine Wolff, Plaza de Armas
The Menil's PTSD - Robert Boyd, The Great God Pan Is Dead
Art Guys look ahead to "12 Events" - Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle
Eight hours to sign your name? The Art Guys test the limits of a signature craze - Tyler Rudick, CultureMap
When two guys married a tree - Peter Simek, Salon
How Not to Handle an Art Controversy - Bob Duggan, Big Think