Frisco - December 2023

Development

BY ALEX REECE

The Buttery Rest Stop sculpture [pictured] is expected to debut at Kaleidoscope Park in summer 2024.

COURTESY HALL GROUP

RENDERING COURTESY KALEIDOSCOPE PARK FOUNDATION

Meet Abigail Rust, one of the curators behind Hall Park’s art selection Art Coordinator and Curator Abigail Rust has been a member of the art curation, management and advising team at Hall Park for just under two years. Aside from helping to manage the existing collection, she also works with Hall Group founder Craig Hall and his advisers to bring in new pieces that align with the message of the area. For Hall Park, that message is “the spirit of Texas, entrepre- neurship and community,” Rust said. Rust sat down with Community Impact for an interview about her position and the art that is

chosen for Hall Park visitors and residents. Some answers have been edited for length and clarity. Is there a specic theme guiding the art chosen for Hall Park? [Hall Group founder and chair] Craig [Hall] created this park ... It was once farmland, and I feel that’s ... symbolic of the Texas spirit. ... With the new collection or the new pieces that are coming in, ... I think that the overall hope is that we’re reective of the community that we live in now. So, there’s a really wide variety of artists that we’re putting into some of the new developments; there’s a focus on female artists’ art, artists of color—they range from emerging to established artists. Why is it important to have art-centric spaces at Hall Park? It’s always been really important to Craig [Hall] to

bring art to public spaces for everyone to enjoy. Art can really help create a community. I feel like it can also really bring kind of a cultural identity to a city, ... and it’s just such an incredible gift that he’s given here. Do you have a favorite piece at Hall Park? I have to say that [Buttery Rest Stop artist] Janet Echelman is going to be just amazing and just kind of working behind the scenes with engineers. ... It is truly a feat of engineering, I would say, preparing for this sculpture ... to take ight. It is probably my favorite piece, and I denitely have a larger appreciation for it just knowing how much is going into it to make it a reality.

The full interview with Abigail Rust can be read online at communityimpact.com .

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