Clear tuition — like a real school, no haggling. You enroll one term at a time, never a whole year, and choose how you pay.
Pick the setting that fits your family. Every teacher is vetted and background-checked.
At the teacher's space or over video
The teacher comes to you
Add a sibling or friend to the same session for +$30 (about $47 per child) · Ages 4–6 can do 45-minute lessons from $50
Same lessons, same teacher — just different commitment levels. Prices below show the studio/online rate; at-home scales the same way.
12 lessons over the term, paid upfront — about $60 a lesson, saving ~8%. The committed path to the Annual.
4 lessons a month, auto-pay, cancel anytime. Low commitment — great for trying your first term.
Book one at a time to test the water before you settle into a term.
You're never locked into a full year. Sign up for a single term; re-enroll for the next if you love it.
September – mid-December · 12 lessons, scheduled with your teacher. Build skills and find your child's direction.
January – May · 12 lessons, scheduled with your teacher. Create the finished piece for the Palette & Smock Art Annual.
You and your teacher set the lesson times — no rigid timetable, and breaks are simply rescheduled. Optional summer sessions & camps run between terms.
Charged once a year at enrollment, it covers the venue, framing, and hanging for the Palette & Smock Art Annual — so every student gets a wall at the show.
A Standard-tier student enrolling for one Fall term:
≈ $64 per lesson · prefer to spread it out? The same term runs $260/month.
We're matching our founding faculty with Hudson Valley families now. Join the waitlist and you'll get first pick of teachers and terms the moment we open near you.
Join the waitlist →Introductory pricing for our founding families — subject to change as we grow.