One membership. The whole school.

All three courses, a curator on your homework, and live critiques every week for one monthly price, for as long as youre growing. Courses can also be bought one at a time, forever, on their own pages.

Cohestra membership programme

Subscription

Guided

Self-Guided plus a curator reviews your homework weekly and sends feedback within 48 hours while subscribed.

Everything in Self-Guided

Dedicated curator assigned to you

Written review of every homework

Feedback within 48 hours

Resubmit until it’s right

Cancel anytime, no lock-in

$59

month

Billed monthly. Reviews are active while your subscription is. Cancel in one click.

Cohestra membership programme

Subscription

Mentored

Everything in Guided, plus a monthly 1:1 consultation with Mara Ellison to apply it directly to your work.

Everything in Guided

Two 45-min 1:1 sessions with Mara / month

Priority homework reviews (24 h)

Portfolio & career roadmap sessions

Direct messages between sessions

Cancel anytime, no lock-in

$199

month

Billed monthly. Sessions don’t roll over. Limited seats — Mara’s calendar is finite.

Membership or buying a course outright?

Payment

Courses included

Access

Curator homework reviews

Live weekly critiques

1:1 sessions with Mara

Alumni community

Schedule

Refund

Ending it

BUYING A COURSE

$249–$340 once

Only one

Forever

None — fully your pace

14 days

Nothing to cancel

MEMBERSHIP

$59 or $199 / month

All three, in any order

While subscribed

Every submission

Anytime

20-minute format

Included

Set by weekly cohort cadence

First 14 days in full

Cancel anytime

A typical course costs 2–3 months of membership — roughly the price of buying it outright, with people included. The trade: membership time ends; a bought course doesn’t.

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