Johnathan Felton

I thought I should add a post about whats been happening lately. Not sure if I droned on about it in my blog or not, but I lost my job at the end of last summer. I wasn't making much, so I had virtually no savings and could barely cover my bills. I was job hunting online and going to interviews. I was starting to really worry. Friends and family loaned or donated money to me to help me out when the well was running dry. It wasn't a lot of money, but I sold some art, and it really helped out. Tha… Continue

The October event at our studios has been confirmed. The event will be called Eado Palooza. It's happening Saturday, October 24th, 2 to 5 pm, at 2300 McKinney, upstairs on the 4th floor. We will have our studios open to display and sell artwork. You will get to meet many of our artists. There will also be a DJ, bands, body painting, and other performances. -and of course refreshments. The event was organized by the EaDo group and listed on Yelp. EaDo is short for 'East Downtown'. It's the new, o… Continue

An October Art event at our studios is in the works. It will be on Saturday Oct. 24th. in the afternoon. There will be food and drink, live music- and plenty of art on display for sale. I will post more details and a flier as soon as I know more. I invite people to come out and meet the artists at our studios! In the meantime I'm staying busy with other projects.

Last Thursday I went to an Artful Thursdays event at the MFAH. I saw a preview of an entertaining and charming documentary about an o… Continue

I apologize but this post is way off the topic of art. It is an important one. Its about avoiding scams and not losing your hard earned money to rip off artists. Many people out there are having a difficult time making ends meet- especially if they have expenses and may have lost their jobs. In such circumstances that create emotional stress and a sense of uncertainty about one's future- its easy to fall prey to easy money and get rich quick schemes. Most of us would like to think that we are sm… Continue

Well it's been a while since my last blog post.- Fourth of July Weekend to be exact! I do have some news- good and bad. Well, I may as well get the bad news out of the way so that I may end this entry on a positive note. So don't tell me I didn't warn you- Bad news first!

The first one's a big one- I lost my job a couple of weeks ago. I'm filing for unemployment, posting my resume, doing interviews, but its slow going. A few friends offered to help me by putting in a good word where they work f… Continue