A Curated Salon
for Visionary Founders & Cultural Leaders
Luminaries is an application-only salon created for founders and cultural leaders who are actively building at a high level—and who crave spaces that match the caliber of their work, values, and inner life.
It is a refined social gathering designed for real conversation, presence, and peer-level connection. A place to exhale, meet other powerhouses as equals, and experience the pleasure of being in a room where depth, intelligence, and discernment are shared.
This is not a networking event.
It is not a panel or a mixer.
intimate, intentional, and quietly elevated.
the experience
Each Luminaries salon is designed as a fully held evening.
A curated seated dinner designed for meaningful connection
Elixir-forward, non-alcoholic hospitality that supports clarity and presence
Curated seating to encourage meaningful exchange
A refined atmosphere designed to feel effortless, not staged
Guests are free to be present.
No tabs. No transactions. No agenda.
Just an evening of depth, connection, and nourishment—curated with care.
The first salon
Friday, February 27
Golden Hour Restaurant — Asheville
The inaugural Luminaries salon will convene a carefully curated group of visionary founders and cultural leaders for a salon-style seated dinner, held within the vibrant flow of Golden Hour’s dining room.
Attendance is by application only.
Approved guests receive a private invitation and confirmation details.
Seats are intentionally limited.
WHO IT’S FOR
You are actively building or leading work with real-world traction
You carry responsibility—for people, capital, or outcomes
You value discretion, presence, and intelligent conversation
You prefer curated rooms over crowded scenes
You seek peer-level connection, not surface-level networking
Meet the curator
Damkianna is the founder and creative director of RITE Productions, a studio devoted to curating environments that foster clarity, presence, and meaningful human connection.
Guided by a mission to contribute to the greatest amount of harmony on this planet, her work centers on bringing high-level creators and leaders together in spaces that feel grounded, expansive, and alive—so they can move their work in the world forward with greater alignment.
Her background spans equestrian training, music production and classical vocal performance, the healing arts, and high-level advisory work. This multidimensional path reflects her lifelong devotion to bridging worlds—between art and discipline, intuition and structure, community and creation.
All of her work is rooted in harmony and alignment. She has seen, time and again, that when powerful creators gather in the right setting, they naturally uplift and accelerate one another’s missions and impact in the world.