Her name is Vesta.

She is a multi-dimensional gathering place for those who are also more than one thing.

She is a home, an artist retreat, a social club, an event space and magnet for the avant guardians. Come alone, meet a cosmic sister. Come with someone, exponentially expand your network.

Vesta is a connector, a vessel for inspiration and rest. She is designed to hold the future and the past, showing us what is possible when we feel safe immersed in beauty and comfort.

Goddess of hearth & home

Vesta is the goddess of the hearth and home in the ancient Roman pantheon. Her role as a tender, protector and sovereign was represented by the ever-burning fire hearth, which was her duty to sustain. Her social role was understood to be integral to maintaining the health of her community, and as such, tributes were paid to Vesta in Roman villages, and she was assured a prominent place in both family and state worship.

Cult Temples to Vesta were sacred spaces for the community to visit and not only pay homage, but to constellate around what was sacred to the community and take actions to protect it as well.

The space

Formerly the Stallcup-Thrash House, renowned for its legendary avant garde NYE parties, this space is one of the grandest homes in the Quapaw-Prospect Historic District. Built in 1912, it is celebrated for its elaborate architecture both on the national registry and local historic tour.

Our Vision

A home designed for reconnection.
Reconnection to the side of self that feels harmony, flow and trust. Reconnection to each other from the heart. Reconnection to nature as the ultimate teacher and first Mother. A physical space to support, amplify, rest and reset as leaders, entrepreneurs, artists & visionaries.
Design with Nature

We are merging the expertise of an award winning architect and interior designer with a renowned sustainability and biomimicry leader to create a home that is elegant and non-toxic. Just as nature bathes us beauty while making us feel good.
Unique Touches from each Founding Member

Infusing the home with each persons artistic magic. Write a poem, design an installation, name a room, add your painting...
This is your opportunity to express too.
A Timeless Temple

Good design isn’t more expensive, it just takes time. Finding inspiration from around the globe to infuse everyday spaces with a feeling of courage and awe. This guest bathroom becomes an unexpected memory.
Apothecary & Spa

To honor the genius of place, a full restoration of the basement spa with jacuzzi, sauna and medicinal apothecary will be done. Opening this offering to the public as well as guests.
The Ballroom

Resplendence fully restored. Originally the most renowned NYE party in Arkansas. Activating 2,500 sqft of multi-functional space: events, social club and premiere guest en-suite.

the OWNERS

Meet the constellation of leaders, teachers, builders, artists, mothers and community weavers who have come together to see what’s possible when individual talent meets genius of place and connection.

GIANNA WURZL

“The strike of a match.”

Strategist for over 15 years. Built three successful companies. Raised over $10M in funding. Worked with hundreds of founders, companies and Fortune 500 teams all over the world. What I learned? I’m good at connecting the spiritual and material worlds and artful business is possible.

BETH RATTNER

“Waste to resource”

Knowing that humanity's desire for creature comforts isn't going away anytime soon, I have been working on environmentally-beneficial design since 2001. From my time in the private sector at HP to heading two leading sustainability nonprofits, I have a sense of how to bring disruptive ideas into the mainstream. My goal is to keep all the remaining species alive and well while creating a new jobs economy.

MEGAN POE

Oracular love, doctor & teacher

Dr. Meg Poe, M.D. is a psychiatrist and interpersonal psychoanalyst. She received her BA from Yale University, where she majored in English and first articulated her lifelong professional question: How do we each live, love, and work well?

Star Riparetti

Mystic, medicine maker, and nature devotee, Stars path led her from the world of science and nuclear medicine to the sacred realms of vibrational healing. She founded her company, Star Essence, in 1994 and brings decades of experience into vibrational essences crafted for health, upliftment and evolution. She is a seasoned traveler and took groups to Peru for 20 years. She also started and stewards the Star Portal, a radiant gathering place for healthy, high vibe, love filled events. She is dedicated to peace, connection and conscious evolution.

jo situ allen

Jo Situ Allen, aka DIRTY ERASER, is a creative force who blurs the lines between ink, watercolor, and culinary artistry to teed the soul and fire up the senses. Equipped with a UCLA degree and a Master's in sustainable and regenerative systems, Jo's leap from scientist to fine artist began with her illustrated coloring book series, The Accidental Naturalist She is also the co-founder and executive chef at Mo Mi Mei, a modern street food café in Costa Mesa, California.

Leila Marrash

For 15 years, Leila has spent her professional life in sustainable infrastructure. She currently serves as the Chief of Staff for Endeavour Energy (Inspired Infrastructure), Her 22-year personal development journey has led her to become trained as a personal trainer, an integrative nutrition and wellness coach, a reiki master, and a kundalini yoga and meditation instructor. In 2019, Leila published REVEAL the Realness (the Guidebook): A Journey to Find Authenticity and Inner Peace, which was written as a program to help others.

Rochelle schieck

I believe that through movement we remember. We remember that our essence is wise, wild and free. I encourage women through my Qoya classes, workshops, retreats, private sessions and blog to move. More than just going through the motions, out of obligation or to burn calories, Qoya is movement with meaning.

Sammy stewart

A child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist also trained in psychosomatic and narrative medicine. She teaches in the psychiatry track at UCLA and leads narrative medicine workshops for the USC/Keck school of medicine. She majored in English at Stanford University and completed her medical training at Columbia, MGH/McLean and UCLA. She specializes in immigrant and refugee health and is deeply interested in the medicine of both listening to and telling stories.

celestine kibe

A lifelong student of nonverbal languages, Celeste’s path has been disilled into a unique approach which combines astrology, visual art, graphic design, holistic medicine, psychology and poetry into experiences, art pieces and spaces which support neurodivergent creatives. She is a mother of two, an advocate for neurodivergence in the workplace and a storyteller of the new mythologies.

ExpERIENCE THE MAGIC OF Hot Springs, ARkansas

Hot Springs Arkansas is one of the most profound hidden gems in the United States. Pull huge quartz out of the mountains, return to essence in the waters of the hot springs, swim in lakes made of crystal bedrock. With its up-and-coming community, intact nature and its ripe potential for new systems, it is poised to become a “City of the Future.”

Natural Hot Springs & Healing Waters

Nestled next to Hot Springs National Park, built on a network of thermal springs, underground crystal veins and protected by surrounding lakes, Hot Springs was known as a kind of “fountain of youth” for its medicinal waters and deemed “America’s First Resort.”

From 1880-1960 Hot Springs was the “original wellness” culture with its bathhouses tapped directly into thermal hot springs and general culture of delight. The original Indigenous tribes of the area shared use and care of the space, which was seen as a place of peace and healing. Folks today still frequent Hot Springs to connect back to the healing power of nature.

Quartz Crystal Deposits

Fisher Mountain, home to Avant Mining, is dedicated to protecting and preserving the natural wealth buried in caves and aquifers under the Arkansas soil. These large, natural quartz deposits charge the energy of the land itself, which you can experience first-hand on a walk through the crystals.

Natural Parks & Preserved Green Spaces

Hot Springs is home to a national park, as well as Garvan Gardens, a local gem sprawled across 210 acres of botanical and woodland land located on a peninsula of Lake Hamilton. Enjoy the biodiversity of the region any time of year.

Partners

Lo&Co

Making ordinary hardware accessories a little less ordinary.
AROMATECH

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Studio Ore

Uncompromising Brass Faucets and Fittings.
Hennepin Made

Lighting that is artist founded, ecologically minded, and made in Minneapolis since 2011.
Tonester

Premium Interior Paints and Colors Designed by Tony Piloseno.
Studio Lid

Leader in the Moroccan rug market.