Victoria Kirby-Test on December 23rd, 2009

The Winter 2010 issue of the University of Chicago’s Critical Inquiry journal lists the Allen True biography on its “Books of Critical Interest List.” Critical Inquiry is an interdisciplinary academic journal devoted to publishing the best critical thought in the arts and humanities.

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The Denver Post announced on December 20, that Colorado Public Television KBDI-Channel 12 has scheduled two additional broadcasts of “ALLEN TRUE’S WEST.”  This is due to the heightened interest in True after the news earlier in the week that the bank building in which sixteen of True’s Indian Memories murals has been sold and will […]

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Victoria Kirby-Test on December 16th, 2009

On October 11, 2009, the Denver Post announced that Allen Tupper True: An American Artist was the fourth best-selling Nonfiction Paperback, according to reports from Denver’s Tattered Cover Book Store, Barnes & Noble in Greenwood Village, and Boulder Book Store and Borders Books in Lone Tree, Colorado. This was the week when co-author Victoria Tupper […]

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Victoria Kirby-Test on December 15th, 2009

Stonebridge Companies has bought the former Colorado National Bank building at 17th and Champa in downtown Denver and will convert it into a hotel, adding several floors to the existing six-story structure. The very good news is that the President and CEO Navin Dimond plans to preserve Allen True’s sixteen Indian Memories murals that grace […]

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Victoria Kirby-Test on December 11th, 2009

Denver’s Colorado Public Television – KBDI-PBS produced an hour-long documentary on Allen Tupper True’s life, times and artistic achievements, titled Allen True’s West. KBDI’s Allen True’s West showcases the life and art of Colorado’s foremost muralist, whose later work captured the character of a region in transition from wild frontier to the modern West. It […]

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Victoria Kirby-Test on November 19th, 2009

Copied from www.9news.com DENVER – The Colorado History Museum has put together a wonderful exhibit, featuring artist Allen True.  In the early 1900’s, True painted murals as public art projects, all over the city. He also painted murals in private homes and as public art in other states. True’s works are right in front of us […]

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The Denver-based blog buckfifty.org, a site dedicated to telling less well-known stories of denver history, culture, and art and curated by Hugh Graham and Jill Hadley Hooper, asked Victoria T. Kirby to submit a story about Allen Tupper True to help draw attention to the three exhibitions of his work and life now open at […]

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Victoria Kirby-Test on October 9th, 2009

The Denver Post‘s special weekly insert “Your Hub” included an article and photo of True’s granddaughter Victoria Tupper Kirby’s visit to Denver’s Steele Elementary School to see five large murals that True painted around 1930 on three walls in the kindergarten room.  The murals depict children playing by the seaside and a wonderful two-part parade […]

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Victoria Kirby-Test on October 8th, 2009

Irene Rawlings interviewed Victoria Tupper Kirby on her weekly Clear Channel program “Focus.”  You can hear the interview via podcast.  Go to: http://www.kbco.com/pages/focus.html and click on “listen to podcasts.” The interview is in two sections. Enjoy.

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Victoria Kirby-Test on September 28th, 2009

The Sunday, September 27 issue of the Denver Post has a major article on Allen Tupper True written by Ray Mark Rinaldi that covers the 3 Denver exhibits,  biography, an interview on KBCO’s “Focus”, KBDI-Channel 12’s program, and Victoria Tupper Kirby’s book talk at the Tattered Cover bookstore.  The link for this article is: http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_13413875

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