| 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:
-participation on panels and advisory boards (e.g. RSA's Art for Architecture Panel)
-personal correspondence (e.g. discussing friendships, work, relationships, health; travel plans; arrangements to socialise)
-broadcasts (e.g. The Late Show, Brian Sewell and Petherbridge discussion; 'The Studio as Spectable')
-correspondence with artists (e.g. discussing work and opportunities; responses to articles; sharing slides of work)
-invitations to teach/lecture (e.g. The Friends of the Royal Academy; Wimbledon School of Art conference held at the Tate Gallery, with transcript of lecture attached; Kingston University; Association of Art Historians' Conference'; 'Post War Achievement: Architecture and Public Art since 1945' at Newcastle University)
-commissions (write essay for Bhajan Hunjan's exhibition at Cartwright Hall)
-participation in seminars/symposiums (e.g. London Arts Boards, Public Art Policy Review seminar)
-invitation to events (e.g. debates, private views, workshops)
-approaches to galleries (e.g. Tate Gallery)
-approaches from galleries (e.g. Gallery and Art Education Trust)
-correspondence with various students (e.g. asking for advice; arranging sessions to discuss research)
-buyer and seller information (e.g. 'Memoir of the Marble Palace', 1987)
-exhibitions (e.g. 'No More Heroes Anymore, contemporary art from the collection of the Imperial War Museum', Royal Scottish Academy, 11 Aug-12 Sep 1993)
-participation on judging panels (e.g. 'Out of Darkness' - New Light Art Works for Wolverhampton selection panel; Theatre For Health, Sanctuary of Unity judging panel; Visual Arts Panel, 1994 Prudential Awards for the Arts)
-reference written for Katy Deepwell and Takashi Ikezawa
Of particular note:
-lecture text, titled 'The Economic Situation of The Visual Arts Revisited'
-'The Studio as Spectacle' television show proposal
-letter from Petherbridge to Christopher Frayling, dated 8 Mar 1994, discussing her proposal for the Royal College of Art, 'Drawing Towards the Millenium', with proposal document attached
-letter from Peter Townsend, dated 22 Mar 1994, discussing Brian Sewell, and other matters
-correspondence sent between Petherbridge and artist, Elizabeth Vellacott, dated 9-17 May 1994, discussing their work, and Nicholas Serota's interest in Vellacott's work
-draft text titled, 'Symphony Hall Mural'
-lecture notes titled 'Drawing Backwards Into The Future'
-text of paper, titled 'Art & Spatial Politics', given by Petherbridge at the 1994 Conference of The Association of Art Historians, and later published by the Centre for the Study of Sculpture, Henry Moore Institute, in association with the Arts Council of England |