Since early 2004 Virginia Haynie Gause, founder of ArtsRGV.com dreamed of having a robust web-based events calendar for the whole Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Her two major goals were to have a tool that would allow people to search for events happening on the days they could attend, as well as one that would permit organizers to plan well in advance so that major events would not all clump on the same date! On the evening of December 31, 2005 she announced the first version of the ArtsRGV.com website. Then she went to a New Year's Eve party to celebrate. She knew that the ArtsRGV events calendar was the beginning of something important, and she was happy to be giving this gift to her community.

George Gause, a local historian and an avid collector of Mexican folk art, as well as Chinese tea ceremony objects, has always been supportive of his wife getting involved in this exciting project. He does his part for the Arts by attending as many events as he can and bringing his merry laughter!