Kate Gilbert (she | her) founded Now + There in 2015, which became Boston Public Art Triennial in 2024, after completing an MFA at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University, and decades of programming, partnerships, curation, and creative placemaking with Boston cultural institutions. Gilbert is the 2020 recipient of NEFA’s Newell Flather Award for Leadership in Public Art. Her call to civic leaders to advance art in public spaces was included in Idea City: How to Make Boston More Livable, Equitable, and Resilient (2023).