Leadership offsite, one hour from Columbus
An offsite your team talks about for a year, not a day.
The Sculptor's Art Lodge, 6 bedrooms for 16, on 58 private acres. Trust falls swapped for shared creative work, chef dinners and conversations that keep going after dinner.
- Real decisions made, because the days are long and undisturbed
- A team that bonds over making something, not role play
- One invoice for venue, food and facilitation
Feel it first
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Why most trips fail
Hotel ballrooms produce slide decks, not alignment.
The agenda ends at 5pm because the venue turns the room over.
Team building means an exercise everyone quietly resents.
People retreat to their rooms, and the conversation you booked the offsite for never happens.
One house, one group, nowhere else to be.
"This was a perfect location for our CEO forum group to retreat for a long weekend." The Lodge holds a full team comfortably, and the property makes long conversations easy instead of awkward.
What you leave with
Three results, in the order they happen.
1Working sessions that do not get cut
4,000 sq ft, gathering spaces, black walnut kitchen, Wi-Fi and an EV charger. Start at 7am, finish at the fire pit.
2Bonding through shared making
A collaborative sculpting project and an art interpretation exercise, led by a sculptor with 25 years of large-scale commissions.
3People arrive back changed, not drained
Morning workouts on the fitness stations, breathwork before the closing strategy session, trails between blocks.
What it feels like
The change happens in this order, almost every time.
Arrival
No badge, no meeting room, no beige carpet.
First hour
People who only meet on calls are standing in the same kitchen.
Afternoon
The quiet ones start talking because there is no stage.
Evening
Dinner cooked for you, so nobody is organising anything.
Monday after
The decisions stick, because everyone was actually in the room.
What you hear
Wind in 58 acres of hardwood, and not one engine.
What you smell
Woodsmoke, wet leaf litter, and dinner being cooked for you.
What you touch
Hot water at dusk with cold air on your face.
What you see
Steel and stone sculpture standing where trees thin out.
Before and after
What you arrive with, and what replaces it.
An offsite that is a meeting with worse coffee
Two days people reference for the rest of the year
Team split across hotel rooms and restaurants
One property, one table, everyone present
Four vendors, four invoices, one exhausted organiser
One itemised invoice and a consult call
Action items nobody owns
Decisions made while everyone was in the same room
Straight from us
Why the good conversation never happens in the meeting room
Teams do not open up on a schedule. They open up on a walk, over a fire, in a kitchen at eleven at night when nobody is presenting.
This property is built entirely around producing those moments: one house, one table, one fire, 58 private acres and no other bookings to distract from it.
Megan booked it for her CEO forum and called it a perfect location for a long weekend. What she meant was that everyone stayed in the room.
How it unfolds
2–3 nights, told the way you will remember it.
01 / Day one
One hour out of Columbus, then full attention
Arrive, walk the collection as an interpretation exercise, chef dinner, fire pit. The team is talking before the first agenda item.
- Arrive from Columbus (1 hour)
- Guided art tour as an interpretation exercise
- Chef dinner
- Fire pit
02 / Day two
Deep work, then something made together
Morning workout, working session in the Lodge, collaborative sculpting workshop, live sculpture performance, sound bath to close.
- Morning workout on the fitness stations
- Working session in the Lodge
- Collaborative sculpting workshop
- Live sculpture performance
- Sound bath
03 / Day three
Decisions, then the drive home
Breathwork, closing strategy session, departure by lunch. Everyone is back for the school run.
- Breathwork
- Closing strategy session
- Departure
One day, hour by hour
So you can picture yourself in it before you book.
9:00
Working session in the Lodge
4,000 square feet, six bedrooms, gathering spaces that hold a full team without a projector culture.
11:30
Live sculpture demonstration
A working master sculptor, on site. It resets how a team thinks about craft, iteration and finishing things.
13:00
Lunch in the black walnut kitchen
Everyone eats together, at once, which is half the point of an offsite.
15:00
Team building on the preserve
Trails, forest platforms and outdoor fitness stations. Real terrain, not trust falls in a ballroom.
18:00
Chef dinner and a long table
The conversation that actually changes something usually happens here, not in the morning session.
21:00
Fire, hot tub, no agenda
Adults only, whole property yours, nobody driving anywhere.
Every session listed is optional. 12 are already shaped across your 2–3 nights, and you can add, swap or drop any of them while booking.
Dates and real numbers
See what your leadership offsite actually costs, before you talk to anyone.
Live calendar, live rates, live add-on pricing. Nothing here is a guess and nothing is hidden until checkout.
Open weekends by month
August
2 weekends open
September
2 weekends open
October
3 weekends open
November
2 weekends open
December
1 weekend open
January
2 weekends open
Aug 5–7
2 night minimum, live availability
2 nights
August 2026
September 2026
Adults in your group
Sculptor's Art Lodge takes up to 16
Add sessions, watch the total move
Your estimate
$2,869
2 nights, 6 adults, all in
Per night
$1,435
Per adult
$478
- $1,200 avg × 2 nights$2,400
- Cleaning & reset$275
- Ohio lodging tax$194
Free 24 hour hold, no card, no resort fees
Everything included
One property, one team, one invoice.
- Sculptor's Art Lodge, 6 bedrooms, sleeps 16
- Objective-setting call before arrival
- Wi-Fi, gathering spaces and EV charger
- Preserve, trails and outdoor fitness stations
- Team-building workshops, live sculpture, coaching and chef service on request
- Sculptor's Art Lodge, 6 bedrooms for 16
- Wi-Fi, gathering spaces, EV charger
- Preserve, trails, and fitness stations
Starting from
$1,200/ night
- Stay
- Sculptor's Art Lodge
- Length
- 2–3 nights
- Group
- 6–16 guests
- Sessions shaped
- 12 across the stay
- Add-ons available
- 6 on site
Free 24 hour hold on your dates. No platform or resort fees.
“This was a perfect location for our CEO forum group to retreat for a long weekend.”
Megan, Corporate offsite
Honest comparison
A hotel, a retreat centre, or 58 acres nobody else is on.
Who else is on site
A hotel floor, a lobby, other bookings, other groups
Nobody. 58 adults-only acres, one booking at a time
Sessions and practitioners
You source and coordinate four or five separate vendors
Breathwork, sound, forest bathing, massage, chef and coaching on site
Who runs the day
You do, on top of attending it
Owner-operated by an artist and a wellness practitioner
The building itself
Beige rental furniture and hotel art
Original museum-scale sculpture, handmade beds, a working collection
The invoice
Platform fees, cleaning fees, resort fees, vendor deposits
One itemised invoice, no platform or resort fees
The drive
A flight, a connection, a rental car, a lost day each way
One hour from Columbus, two from Cincinnati, two and a half from Cleveland
How booking works
Four steps, and only one of them needs you.
01
Hold your dates free
Pick your nights and we hold them for 24 hours at no cost, so you can check with the people coming before anything is committed.
02
Talk to Raven, not a call centre
A 30 minute consult with the owner. Group size, pace, dietary needs, what you want people to leave with. She shapes the plan around that.
03
Approve one itemised invoice
Stay, sessions, chef, everything on one page. No platform fees, no resort fees, no five vendors to chase and reconcile afterwards.
04
Arrive and hand it over
The property is set, the practitioners are booked, the schedule is printed. From the moment you park, someone else is carrying it.
Layer it up
Sessions you can add while booking, not chase afterwards.
Live Art & Creative
Live Sculpture Demonstration
60–90 minutes, Dustin Weatherby, master sculptor
Live Art & Creative
Guided Art Tour
45–60 minutes, Dustin Weatherby
Live Art & Creative
Sculpting Class
2–3 hours, Dustin Weatherby
Wellness
Plant-Based Chef Experience
Per meal or full stay, Visiting chef
Wellness
Instructor-Led Workouts
45–60 minutes, Visiting instructor
Wellness
Team-Building Workshops
Half day, Raven Morgan
Fit check
We would rather you knew now.
Book this if
- Leadership teams, CEO forums and small companies under 18 people overnight
- You want a venue one hour from Columbus, not a flight and two lost days
- You want the team together the entire time, not scattered across hotel floors
Look elsewhere if
- You need a conference hotel with AV crew and 100 seats
- You want a downtown location with bars and nightlife
- You want a half day workshop, this is built for overnight stays
When to come
The preserve is a different place four times a year.
Spring
Trilliums on the trail floor, cold mornings, the preserve waking up loudly. Best light for the forest platform.
Summer
Long green evenings, fireflies over the meadow, hot tub after dark when the heat finally drops.
Autumn
The busiest and most photographed season in Hocking Hills. Book two to three months out for peak colour.
Winter
Bare ridgelines, sightlines through the trees, fireplaces going, and the deepest quiet of the year.
Proof, not promises
4.97 out of 5 across 400 guest reviews.
“This was a perfect location for our CEO forum group to retreat for a long weekend.”
Megan, Corporate offsite, Sculptor's Art Lodge
“It was the ultimate, rejuvenating getaway and silent retreat experience!”
Greg, Solo silent reset, Sculptor's Art Bungalow
“I would truly recommend booking this experience to any and everyone.”
AD, Couples retreat, Sculptor's Art Bungalow
Before you book
The questions everyone asks.
Can we get an invoice for finance?
Yes. One itemised invoice covers the nightly venue rate plus the sessions you choose. No platform fees and no resort fees.
Is there room to work?
Six bedrooms, 4,000 square feet, several gathering spaces and Wi-Fi throughout, so breakout groups do not fight over one table.
How many people fit?
The Lodge sleeps 16. Add the Bungalow for a full-property buyout and the cap is 18 overnight guests.
Is there wifi and space to actually work?
Yes. Wifi throughout, gathering spaces for full-team sessions and quiet corners for breakouts. It works as a workspace, it just does not look like one.
Can you invoice a company?
Yes, one itemised company invoice covering the stay, sessions, chef and any add-ons, no platform or resort fees.
What if the team is bigger than 18?
Up to 18 sleep on site. Larger day groups can be hosted with nearby overnight overflow, plan it on the consult call.
Who hosts you
Owner-operated, which is the whole difference
Dustin is a master sculptor, 25 years of large-scale commissioned work, featured on Disney+, the History Channel and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Raven is a wellness practitioner who designs the sessions and hosts the consult call herself. The art you sleep beside and the breathwork you are guided through come from the same two people, on the same land, and they live here.
- Free 24 hour hold on your dates before you pay anything
- One itemised invoice, no platform fees, no resort fees
- A consult call with the owner before every booking, always included
- Adults only, never shared with another booking while you are here
- Every stay funds our on-site and off-site animal rescue
Where you are
58 private acres, with the best of Hocking Hills inside 16 miles.
17683 Thompson Ridge Road, Laurelville, OH 43135. Drive times: Columbus 1 hour, Cincinnati 2 hours, Cleveland 2.5 hours.
Put a date on the offsite before the quarter fills
Tell us your objective and group size, and we will send dates plus a shaped agenda within a day.
Free 24 hour date hold, one itemised invoice, adults only
Other ways to use the preserve
Solo travelers
Solo Silent Reset
From $400 / night, 2–4 nights
Couples
Couples Slow Weekend
From $400 / night, 2–3 nights
Facilitators & wellness groups
Wellness Cohort Retreat
From $1,600 / night, 3 nights
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