Karen Kitchen (she/her) is an experienced curator, producer, and arts administrator. For 18 years, she was the lead producer of acclaimed public arts program Arts Brookfield, the cultural arm of the global real estate giant Brookfield. Involved in every aspect of the program, Karen was responsible for curation, program development and management, production and marketing. She has broad producing experience with particular passion for site-specific visual/multimedia installations, music concerts and dance performances designed for both indoor and outdoor spaces. Karen was a lead producer for the Mile Long Opera “off-sites” presented on The High Line in October 2018. From 2023 to 2025, she was the Executive Producer of Gibney Company, a contemporary repertory dance company based in New York City. She continues her work at Gibney as a lead producer on executive projects for the organization. Karen holds a B.A. in Art History from the University of Maine, and a M.A. in Art History from Oberlin College.