Rubén Hinojosa Rubén Hinojosa Rubén Eloy Hinojosa (born August 20, 1940) is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1997 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district stretches from Seguin (east of San Antonio), to McAllen on the Mexican border. Much of the region is rural although Hidalgo County is part of the third-fastest-growing metropolitan statistical area in the country. Hinojosa served on the House Financial Services and Education committees. Hinojosa was born in Edcouch, Texas. The eighth of eleven children, Hinojosa was reared in Hidalgo County, which borders on Mexico, and earned two business degrees,
Felipe Jesus Consalvos has appeared in a number of public exhibitions and collections, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the American Folk Art Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago. (Greaves 2008). Consalvos has been described by art critic Roberta Smith as a "self-starting modernist" who is "nearly on a par with folk-art greats like Henry Darger, Martin Ramirez and James Castle." According to Smith, Consalvos' work "belongs to the collage continuum from Hannah Höch to Barbara Kruger." (Smith 2006). "Felipe Jesus Consalvos," Fleisher/Ollman Gallery. Glueck, Grace. "Reminders of America's Many Pasts," "New York Times", January 21, 2005, p. 33. Greaves, Brendan. "Cigarmaker,