Judith Dupré is an author, teacher and arts advocate. Her work in the fields of art, architecture and theology explores the essential relationship between creativity and humanity’s search for meaning. A New York Times bestseller author, she has written several works of illustrated nonfiction that bridge the worlds of art, photography, and architecture in ways that delight and educate. Her editorial pieces have appeared in America, The Daily Beast, Huffington Post, USA Today, Wowowow, and Faith & Form, among others. With her trademark wit and taste for telling detail, Dupré has presented talks at universities, elementary schools, design conferences, and even on the Suez Canal aboard the Queen Mary 2. She believes the creative imagination is an evergreen source of personal, societal and economic transformation.
In addition to her books, Dupré has created innovative arts programming for a variety of community, educational, and corporate entities, including the American Indian College Fund, American Museum of Natural History, Catholic Relief Services, FIGG Engineering Group, Fort Belknap Indian Community, Edward James Olmos Productions, and Yale University, among others. She was part of the Olympia & York team that developed the inaugural Arts & Events Program at the World Financial Center at Battery Park City, a unique urban collaboration between developers, architects, city officials, retailers and artists.
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Dupré received degrees in English and Studio Art from Brown University, and later studied at the Open Atelier of Design and Architecture in Manhattan. She holds a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School and is a named scholar at the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale. Dupré has served on the boards of several cultural and civic institutions in the tri-state area. She has received numerous prestigious awards and fellowships, including grants from Yale, New York State Council on the Arts, and National Endowment for the Humanities. She has been named twice a Fellow of the MacDowell Colony, the oldest artists’ colony in the U.S. In 2004, the Westchester Arts Council awarded her the Artists Award, the county’s highest cultural honor, citing her as a “champion of the arts and literacy.”
Dupre is an intrepid traveler, amateur gardener, and weekend cruciverbalist. She lives outside New York City with her sons and a lovable beagle.
