Every year Talbot schedules workshops that he conducts for artists who wish to study collage, his techniques, and related subjects.

A youthful portrait of Jonathan Talbot was painted by the noted artist and illustrator, Arthur Lidov,[8] and it appeared on the cover of the December 1947 issue of The American Mercury magazine.

"Yip" Harburg, the author of Brother Can you Spare a Dime, and Peter Coyote, who would become an actor, were among the influences upon Talbot's early artistic efforts.

A self-taught musician, Talbot's musical career included performances at Carnegie Hall and Fillmore East as well as numerous other 1960s venues.

Later, making a return to the east coast, they moved to New Jersey where he maintained studios in Morristown, Montville, and South Orange.

1973 is the year of Jonathan Talbot's first important solo show, which took place at the Friendship Library of Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison.

[3] In May of that year, the Talbots moved to Warwick in Orange County, New York, to be closer to the galleries in Manhattan that were exhibiting his work.

In 1981 his works were included in exhibitions at the Schenectady Museum, The Albany Institute of History and Art, and at the National Academy of Design in New York.

In 1998 Talbot's fifth solo exhibition in New York, "Collages from the Flamenco Series" was held at Joseph Rickards Gallery.

Among the collections that have acquired the work of Jonathan Talbot are, Talbot collaborated with Robin Colodzin as they created The Arts Map,[20][21] an electronic, international reference tool that enabled viewers to obtain detailed information about many types of artists and related institutions and businesses by their location as well as by name and type.