| Admin/Biog History | After resigning from the Royal College of Art (RCA) in 2001, Petherbridge spent a year as an International Scholar, at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2001-2002. |
| 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 (e.g. discussions with various academics on the subject of drawing; research for The Primacy of Drawing')
-participation in conferences (e.g. 'La place du dessin dans líenseignement artistique', conference, L'ecole cantonale d'art du Valais, Sierre, Switzerland)
-personal correspondence (e.g. discussion of Petherbridge's resignation from the RCA, her time at the Getty; work, relationships, friendships, travel, arrangements to socialise)
-approaches from museum and galleries (e.g. Somerset House, to convene a series of educational events in association with a drawing exhibition)
-exhibitions (e.g. participation in the National Portrait Galleries exhibition 'Mirror Mirror: Self Portraits by Women Artists'; exhibition of drawings completed whilst at the Getty)
-travel (e.g. visit to Australia)
-invitation to events (e.g. prize giving ceremonies; parties)
-correspondence with past students from the RCA
-publications (work for the journal UME)
Of particular note
-correspondence between Petherbridge and Tom Bendhem, dated 1 Oct-1 Nov 2001, concerning Petherbridge's resignation from the Royal College of Art (RCA), and the teaching of drawing at the RCA |