Kate Douglas is an artist and retired art educator who resides in Northfield. Kate taught art and designed art curriculum for K-12 Northfield students from 1977 to 1998. She taught art methods at St. Olaf College from 1995 to 1999 then moved to St. Paul and taught at Augsburg and St. Kate's for approximately 4 years before becoming full-time at St. Kate's. She officially retired from St. Kate's in 2011.

Over her 43 years of teaching, Kate continued to draw and paint in oils, watercolor, and other media. She obtained her bachelor degree in K-12 art education and K-6 classroom education and her master's degree in studio art. She has belonged to the Art Educators of Minnesota and the National Art Education Association throughout her teaching career.

Kate's goal in retirement has been to teach art to adults and focus on her own art.