Installment 3 - Ishah Janssen-Faith

Part 1: For the third installment of Keeping the Lights On we sit down with Ishah Janssen-Faith, a hardworking actor, writer, and producer whose story goes far beyond the "actor waits tables while waiting for her big break" cliché.

Part 2: This week we get an in-depth look at Ishah's interesting day job history and learn just what it takes for this artist to survive.

Part 3: Ishah gives us a glimpse into the world of running a downtown theatre company and the challenges that come along with it.

Part 4: Ishah offers some fascinating insight into how she balances her life and what happens when she works jobs that aren't creatively satisfying.

Part 5: The Secret Life of Being an Artist.

Part 6: Hailing cabs for the outside world.

Part 7: Ishah reaches a breaking point with one of her day jobs and shares the dreams she has for her future.

Part 8: Insurance woes and day job worries.

Part 9: A raw and honest look at one artist's feelings about criticism, self-doubt, and dealing with audience response to her work.

Part 10: Our third installment closes with an uplifting take on making art (and surviving) no matter what.

Installment 2 - Joy Drury Cox

Part 1: We kick off the second installment of Keeping the Lights On with Joy Drury Cox, an artist whose day jobs and creative work are equally fascinating, focused, and often steeped in solitude.

Part 2: Joy shares what it's like balancing art and jobs and details the role this reality plays in the creation of her own work.

Part 3: Joy describes how aspects of the working world have shaped her art and offers a sneak peek at her latest epic project.

Part 4: A captivating tour through some of Joy's uniquely intriguing artwork.

Part 5: We explore the balance of being an artist and a business person, the right to be paid, and breaking artist stereotypes.

Part 6: Joy shows us another compelling work in progress and explains the thought process and economics behind some of her art.

Part 7: We wrap up this second installment of Keeping the Lights On with a detailed and philosophically fascinating discussion about Joy's "The Old Man and the Sea" work of art.

Installment 1 - George Ferrandi

Part 1: Brooklyn-based visual artist George Ferrandi shares how her first day in New York changed everything and put her on an unexpected day job path.

Part 2: George shows how inspiration from unlikely places finds its way into her work and talks about the selling of her art.

Part 3: Skin tones, cool and crazy churches, and statuary racism.

Part 4: George describes the difficulties of juggling her day job and her art and offers another intriguing glimpse into her past work – this time it's Super Silver Monkey and his charming friends.

Part 5: In this fifth and final part of George Ferrandi's installment, we get a look at a finished work of art and find out that having a day job can offer some truly rewarding moments.