Kate Gilbert (she | her) is a Boston-based artist, curator, and cultural producer dedicated to transforming public spaces through contemporary art. She is the founder and Executive Director of the Boston Public Art Triennial, the city's first large-scale public art festival, which evolved from the nonprofit Now + There, established in 2015 to open minds, conversations, and spaces with contemporary public art. Gilbert earned her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University and a BA from Connecticut College. She is a recipient of the New England Foundation for the Arts' Newell Flather Award for Leadership in Public Art (2020). Gilbert contributed to Idea City: How to Make Boston More Livable, Equitable, and Resilient (2023), calling on civic leaders to advance art in public spaces.