| 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:
-personal correspondence (e.g. arrangements to socialise; discussing friendships, work, relationships, health; travel plans; letters of condolences after Petherbridge's father's death)
-participation on panels and advisory boards (e.g. the Arts Council of England Assessor Panel; Hackney Public Arts Stratergy Steering Group)
-drawing research for 'The Primacy of Drawing' (e.g funding)
-job applications (e.g. Linbury Teaching Fellowship in Figurative Drawing at Wimbledon School of Art)
-invitations to teach/lecture (e.g. Cheltenham & Gloucestershire College; tutorials for Goldsmiths' MA textile students; Cambridge Artworks; Whitechapel Art Gallery; Royal Academy of Arts)
-invitations to events (e.g. parties; open days; dinners; exhibition openings)
-exhibitions (e.g. 'Materia Medica' at The Wellcome Institute; Bankisde show at the South London Gallery; 'Pretext: Heteronym', Rear Window)
-correspondence with students (e.g. discussing research and thesis)
-broadcasts (e.g. contributions to Kaleidoscope; filming in Paris with les films d'ici)
-participation in seminars/symposiums (e.g. Art, Anatomy and the Body Symposium, The Wellcome Institute)
-correspondence concerning Petherbridge's appointment as Professor of Drawing at the Royal College of Art (e.g. letters of congratulations; arranging lectures)
-trip to Australia to attend the Royal Australian Institue of Architects 1996 biennial National Convention as guest speaker
-approaches to discuss Petherbridge's work, lectures, writing, research and art from academics and students
-reference written for Michael Sandle
Of particular note:
-letter from Susan Sheridan, dated 9 Feb 1995, discussing their shared interest and commitment to drawing
-letter from Petherbridge to Susan Lambert, Prints, Drawings & Paintings Curator at the V&A, dated 27 May 1995, concerning the work of art 'Maybe Icon Desposition from the Cross from Alter Piece for Nineteen Eighty-Four'
-letter from Karen Lazar, Petherbridge's niece, undated, discussing Petherbridge's visit to South Africa, Lazar's children, South African politics, and other matters |