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Born and raised in Hong Kong, Carol Ng is a
Chicago-based interdisciplinary and performing artist, art educator,
and community activist. She received a Master’s degree of Arts
in Art Education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
in 2007, a Bachelor’s degree in Arts in Performing Arts Management
from Columbia College Chicago in 2004. As a trained classical player
for piano and Pipa (a traditional Chinese instrument), she performed
with local modern dance choreographers in 2002 and 2003 at Links
Hall and The Duncan YMCA Chernin Center for the Arts in Chicago;
performance pieces include 21 A.D. Asian Festival, 3 Threads, and
Where is My Heel?. Carol was a visiting artist at Stone Scholastic
Elementary School and Harold Washington College in fall and summer
2006 respectively.
Carol is featured on Chicago Artists Resource Arts Professional’s
Story section (http://www.chicagoartistsresource.org). Her publications
include Stepping In and Out: Performance Art in the Community College
ESL Curriculum on Community Arts Network (http://www.communityarts.net),
Exploring Immigrant experience through a Performance-art-based CurriculumHidden
Visual Curriculum in Higher Education in artishake e-journal (No.
5, Winter/Spring 2007). She was a recipient of the Sumasil Foundation
grant in 2005/2006.
Carol is currently the Managing Director at Teatro Luna, Chicago’s
all-Latina theater company, and serves as Vice Chair of the Board
of Directors at Beyondmedia Education, a Chicago-based nonprofit
organization which mission is to give voice to under-served and
under-represented women, youth and communities through the creation
and distribution of alternative media and arts. Carol is also the
teaching artist/workshop co-facilitator for Young Asians With Power!
(YAWP!), a multi-disciplinary, for-youth-by-youth arts program for
Asian/Pacific Islander American (APIA) teens in the Chicagoland
area. Since 2005, Carol has been a member and event co-organizer
for the Chicago Teaching Artists Collective.
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