Creatives on Camera: Artists and Crafters Using Video to Teach, Sell and Inspire Online
Creatives on Camera explores how artists, makers, and creative educators turn what they know into workshops, courses, and income.
Host Lyric Montgomery Kinard shares real conversations about teaching online, finding students, pricing, simple tech, and building a business that works in the real world. If you want to teach your craft but feel stuck on where to start—or how to make it sustainable—this podcast shows you what’s actually involved.
Episodes
68 episodes
Your poorest-performing videos might be doing exactly what they're supposed to do.
In this episode, I'm talking with Lisa Ha of Get to Hooking Crochet — a crocheter who jumped onto social media three years ago just to see what would happen. In this episode, Lisa and I talk about what came next: a viral series, a Quarto Publis...
Why Monetization Isn't the Point of YouTube (with Beth Ann Williams)
If you think YouTube only pays off once you hit monetization, this conversation with Beth Ann Williams will show you why that's backwards.In this episode, Beth Ann Williams and I talk about what YouTube actually does for a creative teach...
The Real Cost of Teaching Craft In Person (and What to Build Instead)
You know you should be teaching online. But every time you think about building a school, you get stuck. What platform? What do I charge? How do I even start?In episode 65 of Creatives on Camera, Felicia Lo, the founder of SweetGeorgia ...
The Fear of Giving Away Too Much for Free (And Why It's Wrong)
If you've ever held back your best free content because you were afraid it would kill your sales, this episode is going to change your mind.Haley Hatcher is the founder of Heart Centered Podcasting, a done-for-you podcast strategy...
The Value of Honest Feedback and an Introvert on Social Media, with Carla Canonico
Have you ever felt like you couldn’t start your creative business because you don’t have formal training ? In episode 63 of the Creatives on Camera Podcast, we talk with Carla Canonico about building an entire needlework media comp...
"If I Build It, They Will Come" and What Happened When It Didn't
Every creative hits the moment when they realize that putting their work out there isn't the same as being found.Chase Harpole is a knitwear designer, data scientist, and PhD in political science who came to knitting almost by accident a...
How to Market Your Craft Business Without Feeling Salesy (Knitting Case Study)
What if good marketing isn't about being clever — it's about listening?Dawn Prickett started Twice Sheared Sheep at her kitchen table, unraveling thrift-store sweaters to recycle the yarn because she couldn't afford new skeins. Today it'...
Smarter Graphics in Less Time: A Visual Hierarchy Guide for Creative Teachers
Graphics are one of my favorite things, and also one of the biggest time traps I see creative teachers fall into. In this episode of the Creatives on Camera podcast, I'm breaking down the one question that changed everything about h...
Calligraphy Educator: How Sonia Pal Is Building a Beginner-First Online Business
What frustrated you as a beginner? That might be your most valuable teaching asset.Sonia Pal spent a year trying to learn modern brush pen calligraphy and couldn't find anything structured enough, sequenced enough, or beginner-friendly ...
How to Start Teaching Online Without a Big Audience (Quilter Case Study)
You don't need a finished course, a big following, or a perfect plan; you just need to start.That's the quiet truth running through this whole conversation with Lynn Christiansen, quilt pattern designer, former school librarian, and fou...
Creating a Safe Online Community for Artists
What if you stopped trying to reach everyone and started building something real for the people who actually need you?In this episode, I'm talking with Maddie Kertay, founder of the Badass Quilter Society, a values-driven creative commu...
How Artists Can Build a Career Through Connection and IG Live: Michele Muska’s Creative Journey
In this episode, I sit down with Michele Muska, a textile artist, craft industry connector, and the face of the iron brand Oliso. Michele has spent decades doing many things at once: painting, art therapy, product development, publishing, hand ...
YouTube Should Be Your Main Social Media Channel
If social media has been feeling like a constant pressure… like you’re always behind, always needing to post more, but not really seeing the results you hoped for, you’re not alone. I’ve been feeling that too.In this episode, I wanted t...
How to Turn a Handmade Hobby into a Profitable Creative Brand with Jackie Huang
What happens when a 3D artist from Lucasfilm sells out at Comic-Con and realizes he might have a business?In this episode, Jackie Huang, founder of Woolbuddy, shares how a handmade toy for his daughter grew into an international needle ...
Crack the Color Code: Teaching Creativity with Confidence with MJ Kinman
What if you don’t have to eliminate fear before you start teaching?In today’s episode on Creatives on Camera with MJ Kinman, we talk about acting “as if,” pivoting boldly, and choosing joy in your creative business. MJ shares how she le...
Let Go of Perfectionism and Heal Through Watercolor with Madhu Srinivasan
In this episode, Lyric Kinard talks with watercolor artist and educator Madhu Srinivasan about what happens when we stop trying to control our creativity. Once driven by perfectionism, Madhu shares how watercolor taught her to slow down, trust ...
Why Substack Works for Artists Who Teach Online and Value Community
In this episode, Lyric Kinard talks with Kelly Feltault, an artist, social scientist, and certified therapeutic arts facilitator, about building a creative business that honors the realities of chronic illness rather than pushing against them. ...
How a Weaving Teacher Built a Simple Online Business with Kits, Courses, and YouTube
What if growing your creative business didn’t mean doing more, scaling bigger, or teaching everything you know?In this episode, Lucy Jennings shares how she built a calm, sustainable online teaching business by simplifying her offers, f...
Launch Before You Build Debrief
In this solo episode, I walk you through the real results of our first Workshop Pre-Sell Challenge at the Academy for Virtual Teaching. If you have ever delayed teaching because your course “isn’t ready yet,” this is your invitation to do thing...
How Patreon Can Sustain Your Creative Business with Lisa Woolfork
This episode brings back the radiant and powerful Lisa Woolfork, founder of Black Women Stitch and host of Stitch Please Podcast. We move beyond her origin story (
Why Community Is Your Strongest Business Strategy with Anastasia Williams
In this week’s episode, I sit down with Anastasia Williams, founder of the Fiber Business Collective, to talk about what really sustains creative entrepreneurs: community, collaboration, and connection. Anastasia shares how her membership grew ...
How to Build a Successful Creative Business on YouTube ft. Beth Ann Williams
In this episode, I sit down with quilting educator and YouTuber Beth Ann Williams, who has built a thriving online teaching business by doing something many creatives are afraid to do: learn in public.When chronic illness made travel imp...
How to Turn Your Art Into Income with Kimberley Pierce Cartwright
Some artists teach. Some artists build community. But Kimberley Pierce Cartwright does both with a depth of soul that you can feel the moment she starts speaking.In this episode, Kimberley shares her remarkable journey, from sewing chil...
Art as Stress Relief for High-Achievers with Alicia Díaz-Blevins
This week, I’m talking with Alicia Díaz-Blevins, a fluid-art instructor, creative wellness mentor, and business consultant who turned her decades of corporate leadership experience into something beautiful, helping busy professionals decompress...
Claudia’s Cartonnage Journey: Turning Creativity Into Community
Some conversations stay with you long after the recording stops, and this one with Claudia Squio is absolutely that kind of episode.Claudia is the founder of ColorWay Arts, an online school and creative business built around Cartonnage,...