| 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:
-participation in conferences (e.g. Sculptors from the Renaissance to Today conference, Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliotéque Royale de Belgique; Drawing In-Drawing Out Symposium The National University of Ireland, Galway; George Stubb's round table discussion, The National Gallery, London; Madness & Creativity International Conference, Durrell School, Corfu, Greece; Camberwell Arts Festival, Camberwell College of Art, London; six-part lecture series Drawing towards Enquiry at The National Gallery, London in association with Camberwell College of Arts)
-personal correspondence (e.g. discussing friendships, work, relationships; travel plans; arrangements to socialise; retirement)
-invitation to events (e.g. New Hall, Cambridge postcard tombola; exhibition openings; lectures; opening of the Hannah Maclure Centre in Dundee)
-approaches to galleries (e.g. National Gallery of Scotland; Tate Gallery; Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art; Arnolfini)
-buyer and seller information of works of art (e.g. drawing sold at the Drawing Room auction 'Drawing Two Hundred)
-work as an external examiner (e.g. Norwich School of Art & Design, MA Drawing)
-participation on panels and boards (e.g. jury member for the Boundary Gallery Art Prize for Figurative Art)
-publications (e.g. The Primacy of Drawing, and Petherbridge's relationship with the publishers Thames & Hudson)
Of particular note:
-correspondence between Petherbridge and Anthony Griffiths, Keeper, Department of Prints and Drawings, The British Museum, dated 17-24 Jan 2005, concerning Petherbridge's proposal for an exhibition of contemporary drawings in 2008, and Griffiths's explanation for why it cannot take place
-letter from Petherbridge to Timothy Clifford, Director, National Galleries of Scotland, dated 1 Mar 2005, concerning a proposed exhibition of Petherbridge's drawings
-letter from Petherbridge to Griselda Pollock, dated 25 Apr 2005, discussing venues for drawing shows in the UK, and the drawings of artist, Christine Taylor Patten
-correspondence between Petherbridge and David Gooding, University of Bath, dated 8 Jan 2005, discussing his article 'Envisioning explanations - the art in Science' |
| Image Caption | Letter from Petherbridge to Griselda Pollock, dated 25 Apr 2005, discussing venues for drawing shows in the UK, and the drawings of Christine Taylor Patten |