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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

~~Pursuant~~OCTOBER to31, ~~Section 13~~2003 Date orof 15Report (d)Date of ~~the Securities~~Earliest ~~Exchange~~Event ~~Act~~Reported) ~~of 1934~~

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) July 30, 2003
MEDIA ARTS GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware	0-24294	77-0354410
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
800 Lightpost Way, Morgan Hill, California,		95037
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (408) 201-5000
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

MEDIA ARTS GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

~~ITEM~~DELAWARE 7.(State ~~FINANCIAL~~or ~~STATEMENTS~~Other ~~AND~~Jurisdiction ~~EXHIBITS~~of Incorporation) 0-24294 (Commission File Number) 77-0354410 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

900 Lightpost Way Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (cAddress of Principal Executive Offices) ~~Exhibits.~~

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release of Media Arts Group, Inc. dated July 30, 2003

(408) 201-5000
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

~~ITEM~~Not ~~12.~~Applicable (Former ~~RESULTS~~Name OFOr ~~OPERATIONS~~Former ~~AND~~Address, ~~FINANCIAL~~If ~~CONDITION~~Changed Since Last Report)

On ITEM ~~July 30, 2003, Media Arts Group, Inc~~5. OTHER ~~(“Media Arts”) is issuing a press release and holding a conference call regarding its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2003 ended June 30, 2003~~EVENTS. ~~A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.~~

~~The~~ Media ~~information~~Arts ~~in this Form~~Group, ~~8-K~~Inc. ~~and~~ (the ~~exhibit attached~~"Company") ~~hereto~~today ~~shall~~announced ~~not~~that beit ~~deemed~~has ~~“filed”~~entered ~~for~~into ~~purposes~~an ofAgreement ~~Section 18~~and Plan of ~~the~~ ~~Securities~~Merger, ~~Exchange~~dated ~~Act~~as of ~~1934~~October 31, 2003 (the "Merger ~~“Exchange Act”~~Agreement"), orwhich ~~otherwise~~sets ~~subject to~~forth the ~~liabilities~~terms ofand ~~that~~conditions ~~section,~~of ~~nor~~the ~~shall~~proposed itacquisition beof ~~deemed~~the ~~incorporated~~Company by ~~reference~~ inMain ~~any~~Street ~~filing~~Acquisition ~~under~~Company, Inc., ~~the~~a ~~Securities~~newly-formed ~~Act~~Delaware ofcorporation wholly-owned ~~1933~~by orThomas Kinkade, the ~~Exchange~~founder ~~Act, regardless~~ of ~~any~~the ~~general incorporation language in such filing~~Company.

Attached and incorporated herein by reference in their entirety as Exhibits 2.1 and 99.1 are copies of, respectively, the Merger Agreement and the press release announcing the proposed acquisition.

~~SIGNATURES~~ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(a): Financial Statements of Business Acquired. Not Applicable.
(b): Pro Forma Financial Information. Not Applicable.
(c): Exhibits.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Exhibit No.		Description
2.1		Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 31, 2003, by and among Media Arts Group, Inc., Main Street Acquisition Company, Inc. and Thomas Kinkade.
99.1		Press Release of Media Arts Group, Inc. issued October 31, 2003.

Dated: July 30, 2003	MEDIA ARTS GROUP, INC.
	By:	/s/ Herbert D. Montgomery
		Herbert D. Montgomery
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

3 SIGNATURE

~~INDEX~~ Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the TOundersigned ~~EXHIBITS~~hereunto duly authorized.

Exhibit No.	Description
Date: October 31, 2003	MEDIA ARTS GROUP, INC.
99.1	Press Release of Media Arts Group, Inc. dated July 30, 2003
	By:	/s/ HERBERT D. MONTGOMERY Herbert D. Montgomery Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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Exhibit No.		Description
2.1		Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 31, 2003, by and among Media Arts Group, Inc., Main Street Acquisition Company, Inc. and Thomas Kinkade.
99.1		Press Release of Media Arts Group, Inc. issued October 31, 2003.

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