| 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:
-work as an external examiner (e.g. University of Reading, Bachelor of Arts)
-job applications (e.g. Chair of Fine Art at the University of Reading, with cover letter attached)
-contributions to publications (e.g. 'The Post War Achievement: Architecture and Public Art in Britain since 1945; new edition of 'Art For Architecture'; publication of lecture given at Wimbledon and Tate Conference, 'Drawing Backwards into the Future')
-correspondence with artists (discussing work; asking for advice; sharing slides of works of art)
-participation on judging panels (e.g. Theatre For Health, Sanctuary of Unity judging panel; RSA Art For Architecture: Jerwood Award; Visual Arts Panel, 1994 Prudential Awards for the Arts; 'Out of Darkness' - New Light Art Works for Wolverhampton selection panel)
-invitations to events (seminars, exhibitions; artists tour of Bankside Power Station)
-participation on panels and advisory boards (e.g. RSA's Art for Architecture Panel)
-commissions (write catalogue essay for Bhajan Hunjan's exhibition 'Colour Dialogues', with draft attached; publication of 'Art & Spatial Politics' by the Centre for the Study of Sculpture, Henry Moore Institute)
-broadcasts (e.g. licence agreements for the use of Petherbridge's artwork in the series 'Architecture of the Imagination'; work for BBC's Kaledidoscope)
-participation in seminars/symposiums (e.g. Artists as Curators Seminar, The Museums Association)
-drawing research for 'The Primacy of Drawing' (e.g. research; research trips; requests for information on Old Master Drawings)
-correspondence with various students (e.g. asking for advice with research)
-journalism (e.g. work for the RA Magazine, Tate Magazine)
-personal correspondence (e.g. discussing work, travel plans; arrangements to socialise; thank you notes)
-reference written for Davina Thackara
Of particular note:
-letter from Petherbridge to artist Lesley Sanderson, dated 28 Aug 1994, discussing Sanderson's first solo exhibition and Petherbridge's research into British women artists
-correspondence between Petherbridge and student, Lindsay Harris, dated 6-19 Oct 1994, discussing Harris' research into geometry in art, with a particular reference to its use by women artists
-letter from Petherbridge to Shamsudin Che Mustapha, dated 16 Dec 1994, concerning a proposal for Vivien Lowell, Public Art Commissions Agency and Petherbridge to work as consultants on Public Art in Malaysia |
| Image Caption | Letter from Lindsay Harris, dated 6 Oct 1994, concerning her research into geometry in art and its use by women artists |
| Letter from Petherbridge to Lindsay Harris, dated 19 Oct 1994, replying to her letter dated 6 Oct 1994, concerning her own work and the relationship between women artists and geometry |