The Heartwood Revival | Public Art 501(c)(3) |Kerr County Smart Trail

Heartwood

Healing the River. Building a Legacy.

From Loss to Legacy

The Heartwood Revival is a monumental public art and digital infrastructure project. We transform flood-felled cypress trees—ancient "witness trees"—into a 35-mile Sculpture & Smart Trail connecting Hunt, Ingram, Kerrville, and Comfort. This is a high-tech destination designed to heal the landscape and drive long-term economic recovery for the Texas Hill Country.

Guided by the mission "From the Roots, We Rise," we are bridging monumental woodcarving with a proprietary Digital Spine. This high-tech destination serves to heal the landscape, honor our history, and drive measurable economic recovery for the Texas Hill Country.

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2. Fiscal Transparency

As a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, we maintain the highest level of financial accountability. 100% of external grant funding is directed toward the 'Digital Spine' infrastructure and master artistic labor, ensuring your investment creates a permanent public asset.

1. Professional Oversight & Safety

The Heartwood Revival operates under strict industrial safety standards. All Phase 1 installations are overseen by a Certified Safety and Health Official (CSHO) with over 160,000 incident-free man-hours managed. Our monumental sculptures are engineered with reinforced steel foundations to ensure permanent public safety in a flood-prone corridor.

4 Person M.A.C. TEAM

(Monumental Art & Carving)

TThe Heartwood Revival is built on a foundation of shared commitment and transparency. Founder & Project Director, Dusty Kosmach has demonstrated significant "skin in the game," contributing over $11,000 in direct in-kind equity through project management, technical welding, and digital development. Furthermore, Dusty is committed to a "Debt-First" disbursement model, taking no personal compensation until all external project costs and vendor bills are paid in full.

This effort is amplified by our local partners, including Roddy Tree Ranch, whose generous donations of materials and site access bring our total confirmed community equity to over $33,130. This robust support ensures that 100% of the NYFA grant and sponsorship funding is directed toward the community-facing residency and the permanent "Smart Trail" infrastructure

Our Foundational Partners
A Strategic Public-Private Partnership

The Heartwood Revival is already mobilized through the generous support of our local anchors. Roddy Tree Ranch has provided the essential groundwork for Phase 1, including the event venue, professional artist lodging, and the majestic salvaged cypress logs for our inaugural sculptures.

Additionally, we have secured full sponsorship for all industrial steel fabrication for the sculpture foundations. With these core assets already secured, 100% of your contribution is directed toward master-level artistic labor and the critical deployment of the 'Digital Spine' infrastructure.

Roddy Tree Ranch

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The Sculpture Trail is the physical anchor for a larger mission: The Riparian Revival. These monuments aren't just art; they are permanent 'Smart Nodes' that drive the awareness and funding needed for native bank stabilization and watershed health. Your donation today seeds a multi-generational legacy

Be a Part of the Revival

The Heartwood Revival is a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a 501(c)(3) public charity.

Contributions for the charitable purposes of The Heartwood Revival must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

A Proud 'Monarch' member of the

Hill Country Conservancy Trailblazers.