Our Story
When Covid shut down the world, traveling quilt and craft teachers either climbed on board the virtual technology train or were left behind.
As co-founder of the Global Quilt Connection, a service connecting teachers with the guilds who wanted to hire them, Lyric helped keep the quilting world alive through virtual technology. Teachers were able to continue their careers, sharing their creative joy with students around the world.
She quickly realized there was a great need for further technical training, helping the quilt, craft, and art teachers she loves to grasp and master the technical aspects of online teaching.
And thus, The Academy for Virtual Teaching was born. Together we have built a supportive worldwide community of quilters, crafters, and artists, working to become more proficient, profitable, and professional online educators.
Our Sister Company
The Global Quilt Connection
Where we put teachers in front of the people who want to hire them.
Our sister site where we connect quilt teachers with the students and guilds around the world that are seeking virtual workshops and programs.
Live-streamed Quilting Sampler Platters: Learn from our best teachers!
Teacher Listings
Online Workshop Listings
Virtual Programming for Guilds
Our Team
Lyric Kinard: Dean (head cheerleader!) AVT & GQC
Lyric Montgomery Kinard is a serial entrepreneur and loves nothing more than seeing the people she teaches succeed in their business endeavors.
She is also an award winning artist, author, and educator, with a passion for sparking the creativity that she knows each of her students posses. She has been recognized for her talents as an International Association of Professional Quilters Teacher of the Year and has travelled the world sharing her love of design, composition, and textile art. You can see Lyric’s art at www.LyricKinard.com.
Tori McElwain: Coach, Marketing and Curriculum Development Specialist
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Beth Ann Williams: Coach, Zoom Teaching & YouTube Specialist
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