Karishma Rafferty

Karishma Rafferty is currently Festival Programmer at Kew Gardens. Previously she was Curator, Public Realm & Partnerships at Somerset House where she led a wide variety of multidisciplinary projects across the cultural program including visual arts festivals, large-scale outdoor art installations, talks programs, and artist commissions. From 2017-19 she participated in an international program exploring ideas of city change called Creative Producers International led by the Watershed (Bristol, UK). Since 2019 Karishma has been an Associate Board Member at Julie’s Bicycle, a not-for-profit mobilizing the arts and culture to take action on the climate and ecological crisis.