| 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:
-drawing research for 'The Primacy of Drawing' (e.g. month sejour d'etude at Fondation Des Treilles to work on writing the text; funding)
-participation on panels and advisory boards (e.g. RSA's Art for Architecture Panel; Hackney Public Arts Stratergy Steering Group)
-invitations to events (e.g. Decisions Conference at Tate Gallery; exhibition openings; dinners)
-personal correspondence (e.g. discussing friendships, work, relationships, health; travel plans; arrangements to socialise)
-participation in seminars/symposiums (e.g. De Kooning Symposium, Tate gallery)
-approaches to galleries (e.g. National Museum of Wales)
-correspondence with various students (e.g. asking for help with research)
-invitation to teach/lecture (e.g. The University of Reading; The Wellcome Institute Conference; Keynote speaker at Dorset Arts Conference, with speech titled 'A View from the Studio' attached)
-journalism (e.g. work for The Museum Journal)
-exhibitions (e.g. 'Materia Medica' at The Wellcome Institute; 'Pretext: Heteronym', Rear Window; An exhibition of contemporary British Drawings, Piers Feetham Gallery, 10 Nov-3 Dec 1994)
-correspondence with artists (e.g. Rose Wylie discussing her drawing technique)
-Petherbridge's open studio event (e.g. invitations, notes of refusal, thank you notes, list of invites)
Of particular note:
-letter from Petherbridge to artist, Françoise Dupré, dated 1 Feb 1995, concerning Petherbridge's writing for the Tate Art Magazine, feminism and drawing theory
-letter from Petherbridge to Alan Grieve, Chairman of The Jerwood Foundation, dated 24 Feb 1995, discussing her book project and funding options |
| Image Caption | Letter from Petherbridge to artist Francois Dupré, dated 1 Feb 1995, concerning Petherbridge's writing for the Tate Art Magazine, feminism and drawing theory |