| 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. After her scholarship at the Getty, Petherbridge took up the position of Arnolfini Professor of Drawing at the Universtiy of the West of England (UWE). |
| 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')
-personal correspondence (e.g. discussion of Petherbridge's resignation from the RCA, her time at the Getty; work, relationships, friendships, travel, arrangements to socialise)
-invitation to events (e.g. gallery openings; private views; family christenings)
-participation in seminars/symposiums (e.g. round table discussion organised by University of Gloucestershire; Foundation of Women's Art Lecture)
-journalism (e.g. work for The World of Interiors)
-work as an evaluator for the Arts and Humanities Research Board's Resource Enhancement award
-approach form Cathy Courtney, dated 9 Oct 2002, inviting Petherbridge to record an oral history for Artists Lives
Of particular note:
-three printed emails from Petherbridge to Ute Eskildsen, dated 26 Sep-3 Dec 2002, discussing a proposed exhibition of Petherbridge's work featuring art from Petherbridge's previous residencies in various cities world wide |
| Image Caption | Printed email from Petherbridge to Ute Eskildsen, dated 26 Sep 2003, concerning her proposal for an exhibition |