| Description | This file includes correspondence sent and received by Petherbridge concerning a wide range of activities undertaken in both a professional capacity as an artist, art educator, and writer, as well as in a personal capacity, including:
-exhibitions (e.g. 'The Discerning Eye', Federation of British Artists)
-copyright permissions (e.g The Women Artists Slide Library use of 'The Family of Man', in the International Women's Art Diary 1993)
-consultation work (e.g. Museum of Scotland's Client Committee to discuss the incorporation of arts and crafts within the museum)
-invitation to events (e.g. parties)
-participation on panels and advisory boards (e.g. The Polytechnics & Colleges Funding Council's Art, Design & Performing Arts Programme Advisory Group; RSA's Art for Architecture Panel; Judge for The Independent Newspaper and The Gulbenkian Foundation: Art & Transport; Executive Committee of the Women Artists Slide Library)
-invitation to teach/lecture (e.g. teaching for the Public Art Forum; University of East Anglia, Drawing Conclusions on Value and Meaning Symposium)
-journalism (e.g. work for The Independent)
-commissions (e.g. article for The Art Quarterly on Indian art in the Hotung, British Museum, and at the V&A, with drafts attached)
-approaches to galleries (e.g. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art)
-correspondence with various students (e.g. asking for advice; arranging sessions to discuss research)
-work as an external examiner (e.g. University of Reading, BA Art Degree)
-personal correspondence (e.g. renting of flat, travel plans, arrangements to socialise)
-buyer and seller information for Petherbridge's drawings (e.g. 'Walked Around by Others Vociferations', 1989)
Of particular note:
-correspondence between Petherbridge and Martin Kemp, University of St Andrews, Department of Art History, dated 12 Dec 1992- 4 Jan 1993, concerning information on anatomical illustrations
-letter from Polly Hope, dated 21 Dec 1993, discussing arrangements to socialise, and Petherbridge's art |