Art Center Canvas 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Art Center Canvas

4.3

(16)

Pricing

Starting at $550.00 per month

About Art Center Canvas

Art Center Canvas is a cloud-based solution designed to help music and art centers automate class set up and registration based on various factors such as schedule, experience level, tuition, member pricing, program type and more. Key features include calendar management, online registration, confirmation/reminders, payment processing and waitlist management.

Teams using Art Center Canvas can utilize teacher portal for viewing student forms, class rosters and student enrollment. The tool enables registration restrictions based on age, helping organizations deliver workshops, special class packages and class bundles and ensuring increased member engagement. With the calendar display module, users can view classes sorted by time slots and dates.

Art Center Canvas comes with dashboard functionality for getting insight into sales performance. The tool enables companies to provide class registration/memberships management functionality to customers through branded websites which helps with establishing brand visibility across various audiences. Product is offered as a monthly subscription and support is extended via documentation, phone, email, FAQs and an inquiry form.

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Art Center Canvas Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $550.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

All-In-One Price

$550.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

Additional Features Available Donation & Donor Management With Development Tools
Automated Email Engine
Craft Fair Management
Customer Account Management by Household (Adults Parent and Children)
Event Ticketing & Management
Exhibit Management (Upload Artwork)
Faculty Portal for Class Rosters & Attendance
Jreports
Master Calendar Scheduling Studios & Workshops
Master Private Lesson Calendar

Popular features found in Class Registration
Attendee Tracking
Calendar Management
Customizable Forms
Electronic Payments
Group Registration
Marketing Automation
Onsite Registration
Payment Processing
Promotions Management
Reminders
Surveys & Feedback
Wait List Management
More features of Art Center Canvas
ACH Payment Processing
Activity Dashboard
Attendance Management
Attendance Tracking
Class Management
Class Registration
Class Scheduling
Communication Management
Customizable Branding
Discount Management
Donor Management
Email Templates
Enrollment Confirmation
Enrollments/Onboarding
Event Management
Event Scheduling
Inventory Management
Multiple User Accounts
Online Registration
Registration Management
Room Booking
Scheduling
Student Management
Transaction History

Art Center Canvas Integrations

Tableau

Constant Contact

Mailchimp

QuickBooks Online Advanced

Bloomerang

Art Center Canvas User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.3

Ratings Breakdown

63%

25%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.3

Value for money

4.3

Customer support

4.1

Functionality

4.3

Martha N.

Verified reviewer

Arts and Crafts

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed August 2019

The best investment for our nonprofit arts organization!

"Excellent response" and "solution-driven" are terms that describe our aggregate experience with ACC staff and developers. Oregon Society of Artists is unique in the way it handles class and workshop registrations, exhibit entries, and instructor compensation, so it has been necessary for the software to be adapted to our needs by discovering/implementing many "unique-to-us" business rules. There have been moments along the way that were frustrating for us and for ACC's people, but ultimately we've found ACC staff and developers to be good partners who are responsive to our needs and willing to find solutions that really work for us.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Art Center Canvas (ACC) successfully addresses the complex needs of Oregon Society of Artists, with the most significant impact being the enormous reduction of daily staff hours spent on registrations for classes and workshops and entries for exhibits.

Cons:

Depending upon a user's level of experience or comfort learning/navigating within new software, some may find the interface to be non-intuitive. In our office we've found that the learning curve can be quite steep for some key users.

Reasons for choosing Art Center Canvas

Affordability was the key factor. We are a 93-year-old regional arts nonprofit going through what is most likely the most critical growth period in our history. Our current budget is very tight and we needed to change the way we were doing business in order to keep up with our intense growth in programming and development needs. Art Center Canvas was able to deliver big, necessary solutions to change the way we do business, and did so at a very reasonable price point we could afford.

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for the valuable feedback! We will step up our game in terms of training for all levels of computer literacy. We will be making more short videos in addition to the live interactive online training sessions.

Replied September 2019

Mary Jo M.

Verified reviewer

Arts and Crafts

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2025

A Partner in our Success

We have used Art Center Canvas for over 10 years and continue to feel that it is the best software for us and our operations. Art Center Canvas is a partner in our success.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This software is easy to use on the outward facing side for our students/customers who register for our classes; this has helped us secure additional income. Software has easily handled days with very high volume of sales. All of our annual registration launch days with Art Center Canvas have been successful. We have a fairly complicated product with many add-ons so we have appreciated and utilized their customization. Presentation of our classes is clear and has an attractive styling/design. Client records track both program registrations and donations which is ideal for development staff. Affordable pricing. New staff can quickly pick up how to use this software; no need to fly to a training center for a week of training. Art Center Canvas continues to add new features and functionality like gift certificates. Staff have always been friendly and willing to help.

Cons:

Can't think of anything; certainly no software is 100% perfect so we simply submit work orders for items that need adjustment.

Julia G.

Verified reviewer

Museums and Institutions

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed June 2019

Over promised; under delivered

This company seems to forget that the client is the customer. Phone calls, emails are responded to with what we perceive as aggression and a feeling that we have been an annoyance. (However, I will note that the company reps have been quick to respond during urgent issues, even if outside of business hours.) Never have we felt that they had our (the customer) interest at heart. While not the most costly product, the price is paid in huge staff hours trying to create and learn workarounds to overcome the MANY challenges presented by this over promised product.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Originally, we were sold on the suggestion that we could customize reporting. However, in reality, this customization temptation results in too many options without clarity then landing with conflicting data in the reports.

Cons:

It is not intuitive at all. Whether as an employee user or a for our members and students, the functionality of the product is confusing at best. Our longest tenured employees still regularly stumble upon confusing action, reports, etc. The learning curve is so long that there is no mastering the product.

Vendor Response

Krasl has been a valued customer for 6 years, and their custom reporting needs are important to us. We integrate with a number of reporting solutions. Recently in March of this year, we added JReport as an integrated report engine and provided live training. We also continue to offer Tableau as a premium add-on. Not every client elects to use these advanced reporting tools. We have always filled the gap by customizing reports or building new reports to meet a center's requirements with little or no additional charge. It is difficult to hear that we don't support Krasl's interests. We recently spent several weeks (at no charge) working with Krasl to help resolve an issue they had with a third-party developer that was impacting their custom website. Those interactions were often by phone, and we thought cordial and informative. At the end, Krasl expressed their gratitude for our helpfulness when their third-party developer would not help.

Replied July 2019

Jennifer M.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed September 2019

The Clay Studio review

We have relied upon Art Center Canvas (ACC) for online class registrations, ticketing, membership and donor development for more than 6 years. Over that time ACC has added features and functionality that responded to our growing needs to reach our community of students, artists and ceramic enthusiasts. Our ability to provide input on new features and suggest improvements to streamline our operations has helped us to scale our operations with our growth. In 2018, we made the decision to improve our online shopping of ceramic artwork from nearly 150 artists across the U.S. We shopped around for software that could effectively process online gallery sales. ACC and their support team was our best option. We trust ACC's level of support and responsiveness to our center's needs. It was a major project with considerable team work among our web developers, ACC and staff. We are proud of our online showcase of the art and craft of clay with the seamless online processing from ACC.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like having all of the data and account history in one place. We have multiple programs and enter point to our organization and it is great to see how individuals are interacting with our organization and easy to track.

Cons:

The software has a few glitches when using a Mac computer but is continually improving.

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for your endorsement! Yes, we are continuing to make improvements to the Art Center Canvas platform to remain full-featured and easy to use.

Replied September 2019

Kahra B.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed July 2019

Responsive

Good - they are responsive and working to improve their offerings routinely. Admittedly, I am new to ACC so am not entirely proficient in its functionalities, however, I am hoping their responsiveness is indiciative of improvements being made to the software.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The customer support is excellent - I routinely receive very timely assistance with issues reported. This software covers a great breadth of functionality from class registration to exhibition registration to ticket sales.

Cons:

There appear to be frequent glitches in the software that require customer support.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your feedback, we appreciate your comments and shared your satisfaction with our customer support with the team it made our day! We are passionate about what we do, and committed to giving you and all our customers the best tool to enable their business and pursuits. As to the glitches, we're constantly upgrading, and hopefully you'll find that our newer versions are free of issues we have increased the pace of upgrades in the past months. We are working hard to improve communications and training by adding "What's New" articles and video training clips as quick refreshers on new and existing features.

Replied July 2019

Kat K.

Verified reviewer

Arts and Crafts

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed June 2019

Pass the Buck

Business problems are not being solved. I'm waiting for the day when we can kick Art Center Canvas to the curb. Most recently we have encountered issues with customers being charged multiple times because a 'patch' had not been installed correctly to stop multiple transactions from occuring. We have encountered issues while uploading classes that didn't occur in the past. ACC rep pass the buck and do not respond to postings (not chat) asking for help. I am frustrated with the system everyday.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

That it handles everything: classes, memberships, gift shop sales and donations.

Cons:

The customer service experience when a problem comes up. This happens on a weekly basis. Usually, responses include naming the customer as at fault.

Vendor Response

Thank you for allowing us to respond to the issues raised. In the example cited, we immediately investigated the issue, corrected the online customer's error and added steps to prevent a recurrence. An online customer had clicked repeatedly on the Pay button. Support requests requiring a customer fix are given the highest priority. We will work to have clearer online communication to ensure you know we are working on an issue and it is being resolved. Thank you for agreeing since your review that we were incorrectly blamed for the uploading class issue. We spent a considerable amount of time in March and April (at no charge to Krasl) investigating this issue that arose after Krasl's web designer engaged a third-party developer to display classes on your web site. A problem was found in the third-party developer's code. Krasl thanked us for helping and documenting a work-around for this issue, until they could address their custom website with the third-party developer.

Replied July 2019

Maria T.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed July 2019

The most customizable I've ever seen.

My overall experience with with Art Center Canvas has been very positive. The creator and support staff have always been receptive any issues, new ideas and changes that have come along through the course of the ever changing needs of our community art center.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The flexibilty of use and the sheer volume of features that it is capable of handling.

Cons:

It's not always the most forgiving in fixing mistakes of human error

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for your endorsement of Art Center Canvas! We are most grateful that you appreciate the responsiveness of our IT team to your concerns and new ideas. We are always striving for a balance between flexibility and reliability, so please continue to provide feedback on your use of the platform.

Replied September 2019

John P.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed July 2019

Art Center Canvas Review

We have found Art Canvas to be the ideal customer management vehicle for our purposes. Support is very reactive to our needs.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Ability to organize data about our membership base for targeting purposes.

Cons:

There are features in this program that we do not need or use, but that is really not a complaint...we just don't use them

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for endorsing the Exhibition Management and CRM features of Art Center Canvas! We are especially grateful for you acknowledging the responsiveness of our IT team to your questions or concerns.

Replied September 2019

Ruby P.

Verified reviewer

Arts and Crafts

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed July 2019

Art Center Canvas for Art Center

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

There is a high level of flexibility and features that make it feel customizable to our needs, with a reasonable price compared to other similar programs

Cons:

I think the interface could benefit with two lenses of design and user-friendly functionality

Vendor Response

Thank you for your invaluable feedback! Your timing is also impeccable! We are in the process of redesigning the client-staff portal, so it easier to find and use all the great features of Art center Canvas!

Replied September 2019

Emily F.

Verified reviewer

Arts and Crafts

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed July 2019

Art Center Canvas review

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I loved that I could update the registration pages immediately. For example, if I saw I made a typo in a class description, I could go to the class/activity scheduling section, fix the mistake, and saw it change right away on the front end.

Cons:

Refunding has caused me the most amount of hassle.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your feedback, and we have responded! You can refund exhibit entry fees as quickly and easily as class registration fees.

Replied September 2019

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