| 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:
-broadcasts (e.g. work with Rachel Yorke, Track Record, for programmes 'The Colours of Music' and 'The Outline Around the Shadow')
-exhibitions (e.g. 'Journey into the Interior', participation in the South London Gallery exhibition ' Inside Bankside'; 'Design for Performance - From Diaghilev to the Pet Shop Boys', Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design; inclusion of 'From the Series In Media Res' in the Art Way exhibition 'Marking Presence')
-participation in seminars/symposiums (e.g. Panel discussion at Pitshanger Manor on contemporary art; 'Bringing up Baby' round table discussion at the Whitworth Gallery, Manchester; Seminar on Public Art to Inform Labour Party Policy)
-approaches from galleries (e.g. Abbot Hall Art Gallery and Museum)
-invitation to teach/lecture (e.g. Oxford Brookes University; 'First Thoughts' study day at the V&A; University of Oxford; Heriot-Watt University)
-personal correspondence (e.g. selling house on Sikinos; arrangements to socialise; discussing friendships, work, relationships, health; travel plans)
-participation on panels and advisory boards (e.g. Millenium Artists Project Steering Committee; judge on the Cheltenham Open Drawing Exhibition 1996)
-work as an external examiner (e.g. Chelsea College of Art & Design)
-travel (e.g. trip to Australia and Sumatra)
-invitation to events (e.g. parties, lunches)
-letter written by Petherbridge to the Times concerning Government cuts to the British Museum
-inclusion in a 'Dictionary of Women Artists' published by Fitzroy Dearborn
-reference written for Juliet Steyn
Of particular note:
-draft programme proposal for a radio programme on drawing, titled, 'The Outline Around the Shadow'
-letter from Petherbridge to Ski [?], dated 6 May 1996, concerning Ski's stay on Sikinos, and discussion of Petherbridge's neighbours on Sikinos
-letter from Petherbridge to Nick Tite, RA Magazine, dated 28 April 1996, concerning Petherbridge's drawings for 'Inside Bankside', with poem written by Petherbridge attached
-letter from Petherbridge to sculptor Somnath Hore, dated 6 May 1996, concerning a sculpture by Hore in Petherbridge's collection
-letter from Petherbridge to Patricia Whithofs, dated 13 Jun, discussing Polly Hope's midsummer evening concerts
-letter from Caro Howell, dated 9 Sep 1996, concerning changes to Petherbridge's entry in the Dictionary of Women Artists, and her preference not to be referred to as a South African artist
-letter from Petherbridge to Sue Aron, TV producer, dated 3 Nov 1996, discussing a drawing show for BBC 2, and David Bowie
-letter from Petherbridge to The Editor, Art Monthly, dated 17 Oct 1996, concerning Peter Townsend and his role and influence over the publication
-undated report written by Petherbridge titled 'The Drawing Studio as a College Resource' |
| Image Caption | Letter from Petherbridge to Sue Aron, dated 3 Nov 1996, discussing a drawing show for BBC 2, and David Bowie |