If my body were bound between two sleeves of a book jacket/ what would it say?/ would it perform out of the page?/ or would it remain stitched between the sleeves/ hoping to reach prosperity/ stamped in different languages redefining our story?

Biography

Carron Little lives and works in Chicago, USA and is of Scottish heritage. Carron graduated with a Master in Fine Arts from School of the Art Institute in Chicago specializing in Fiber & Material Studies and Digital Video Animation where she taught in the Performance Department from 2014 – 2018. Carron studied a BA Honors at Goldsmiths' College, London University receiving a First-Class Honors in Textiles. Throughout her career she has received numerous awards and grants for her artwork including a British Arts Council residency at Barnett College, London, U.K. from 2000 – 2001, the Propeller Grant from Gallery 400 and Andy Warhol Foundation (2015), the Chicago/Swiss artist in residence (2016) supported by the Swiss Benevolent Society of Chicago and Chicago Sister Cities International, and most recently the Hyde Park Art Center Artist-Run award (2023) and was a second round finalist for Creative Capital 2022.

To date Carron has presented her performances and artwork in Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Maryland, and Oklahoma in the USA and internationally in Bosnia, Bulgaria, Canada, England, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Scotland, Spain, and Switzerland. Significant civic engagement projects to date include Dream Minds (2012-2013), City Alive with Dreams (2014-2015), Neighborhood Magic for Beverly, Chicago (2015 – 2016), Spare Rib Revisited, Lucerne, Switzerland (2016-2018), Gie Ben Ilka Gill | To Give In Each Measure (Spring 2021), an online interactive public performance project for the community of Ludington, Michigan and Eight Acts, a live stream poetry performance written in response to the USA 2020 election. Most recently, Carron has been performing poetry and created a public performance art with Duff Norris (NYC) at Barrowland Park in Glasgow, Scotland called Art to Heart.

Carron is regularly invited to present her artwork & Out of Site’s work Universities, conferences and museums. Post-pandemic she was invited to present at Intimate Bridges by Theater Entropia in Athens, Greece funded by the European Union, at the University of Darmstadt, Germany and at a symposium organized by ieke Trinks and B Ajay Sharma at Chandigarh Museum, New Delhi, India. Carron writes policy on equity, diversity, and inclusion in the arts authoring the 50 | 50 Initiative that was successfully implemented at the College Arts Association 2020.

As a creative practitioner Carron believes in the blossoming power of art facilitate diverse conversations with diverse communities and publics.