| Admin/Biog History | The Campaign for Drawing, Drawing Power was launched in March 2000 at the Royal Academy of Arts, to coincide with the opening of 'alive' an exhibition of drawings by participants of the Royal Academy's outreach programme. The campaign was initiated by the John Ruskin charity, the Guild of St George. Sue Grayson Ford was the Campaign Director.
Petherbridge was a patron of the campaign, alongside:
-Quentin Blake
-David Hockney
-Richard MacCormac
-Roger Penrose
-Gerald Scarfe
-Robert Tear |
| Description | This file includes material concerning Petherbridge's role as a patron for The Campaign for Drawing, and includes: correspondence, newspaper cuttings, flyers, press releases, reports and newsletters.
Of particular note:
-unsent letter to The Editor of The Financial Times, in response to an article published 28 Dec 1999, titled 'Art in the eye of the beholder'
-printed email exhange between Petherbridge and Sue Grayson Ford, dated 29 Oct 2000, discussing the aims and format of a Drawing Power newsletter
-meeting minutes from the Drawing Power Network research meeting, held 30 May 2001 |