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This video is for artists and creative teachers who want to teach online but need a model that honors limited energy, chronic illness, or caregiving realities. In this episode of Creatives on Camera, Lyric Kinard talks with Kelly Feltault about building an online art business that centers community, accessibility, and nervous-system-friendly pacing instead of hustle. If traditional online courses feel overwhelming or exclusionary, this conversation offers a different way forward.

You’ll hear how Kelly built Crooked Path Studios to serve women with rare chronic illnesses and their caregivers, why online teaching can be more accessible than in-person workshops, and how art supports emotional regulation, connection, and healing. This matters because so many artists want to teach but feel shut out by travel demands, rigid schedules, or high-pressure marketing models.

In this conversation, you’ll learn:
• How chronic illness changes what sustainable teaching looks like
• Why community-based platforms can work better than standalone courses
• What the “spoon theory” means for course design and pacing
• How Substack can function as both a website and a teaching hub
• Simple, low-cost tech choices for artists starting online
If you’re curious about teaching online in a way that respects your body and your values, explore AVT resources and watch more conversations like this. You don’t have to do everything at once, and you don’t have to do it the hard way.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode
• Crooked Path Studios (https://crookedpathstudios.substack.com/)
• Substack as a community-based teaching platform (https://substack.com/)
• Insta360 GO 3 / GO 3S camera (https://store.insta360.com/consumer?u...)
• Spoon Theory and energy-limited learning design (https://konickandassociates.com/post/...)
• Academy for Virtual Teaching FREE Community (https://members.academyforvirtualteac...)


00:00 Introducing Kelly and her creative path
01:13 How quilting became a gateway into mixed media work
04:40 Why art and wellbeing are deeply connected
06:20 Teaching art online with chronic illness
08:52 Spoon theory and energy-aware learning
11:26 Why online teaching increases accessibility
14:15 What Crooked Path Studios offers
17:48 Simple, affordable video and tech setup
19:48 Why Substack works for community-based teaching
29:00 Choosing platforms based on values, not trends


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