| 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:
-personal correspondence (e.g. discussing friendships, work, relationships; travel; arrangements to socialise)
-invitation to events (e.g. invitation to participate in the Jerwood Drawing Prize, Special Exhibition, Sep 2006; book launches; Masterclass Programme and Colloquium at Swansea University; lectures; press events)
-exhibitions (e.g. two drawings included in 'Drawing Inspiration', Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria, UK, 4 Apr-1 Jul 2006; Drawing Breath, 'The Gallery' at Wimbledon College of Art, London, other UK venues, Singapore & Australia, 2006-2008; 'Chinese Whispers' curated by Mike Esson, University of South Wales, Australia)
-buyer and seller information (e.g. correspondence with Yvonne Crossley at The Drawing Gallery)
-travel (e.g. Pakistan; Umbria, Italy)
-drawing research (e.g. discussions with various academics, students and artists on the subject of drawing')
-approaches to galleries (e.g. Royal Collection regarding a loan exhibition)
-publications (e.g. essay for the exhibition catalogue of 'Drawing Inspiration', Abbot Hall, with draft attached; contribution to Pine, R. (ed.) (2007) Creativity, madness and civilisation. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars; contribution to Futures 39, No. 10, Dec 2007, with draft essay attached ; contribution to 'New Perspectives on Creativity', edited by Andrew Spicer, University of the West of England)
-lecture series at the National Gallery (e.g. reproduction permissions, publicity, letters of congratulations)
-invitations to lecture/teach (e.g. opening lecture for 'Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master through Modern', The Art Institute of Chicago; Faculty Seminar with Paul Wainwright, St George's University, London; 'Viewpoints Symposium', Gloucester University in association with Cheltenham Literary Festival, 12th October 2006; Yale Centre for British Art, Art in Context talk; panelist for The Prince's Drawing Schools symposium: 'Figuring the space of drawing: absence, memory & the power of suggestion'; Stammtisch Forum, Stoke Newington)
-location of works of art (e.g 'Fragility of the Concept', 'Ribbon City')
-Witches & Wicked Bodies (e.g. early proposals, funding, and approaches to individuals and institutions)
-positions at University of the West of England and Lincoln University
Of particular note:
-printed email from Petherbridge to Penny Sparks, Kingston University, dated 9 Sep 2005, approaching her about the professorial proposal and research positions at Kingston University
-printed email exchange between Petherbridge and Penny Skerrett, dated 18-29 Oct 2005, discussing the pros and cons of various MA Drawing Courses
-correspondence between Petherbridge and Zarin Chaudhuri, dated Jan - 17 Feb 2006, concerning Chaudhuri's family, Petherbridge's trip to Pakistan, other work matters and arrangements to socialise
-printed email exchange between Petherbridge and Paul Wainwright, St George's University London, dated 18 Jan 2006, discussing Petherbridge's research into the aging female body, witches and crones
-letter from Petherbridge to Deborah Swallow, Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art, dated 17 Feb 2006, approaching her about research positions
-printed email exchange from Petherbridge to Rebecca Man, dated 25-27 May 2006, providing details on two drawings 'Darkness in the City of Lights', and 'Untitled 2006, pen and ink on rag paper, 21.0 x 14 cm'
-letter from Petherbridge to Ashley Page, dancer and choreographer, dated 29 Sep 2006, concerning the possibility of collaborating together again
-printed email exchange between Petherbridge and Carolyn Wilde, Bristol University, dated 20 Oct-14 Nov 2006, concerning Petherbridge's chapter for the publication 'New Perspectives on Creativity', edited by Andrew Spicer, and her reference to Kant in the text
-printed email exchange from between Petherbridge and Ed Krcma, dated 19-23 Nov 2006, concerning his paper on the artist Tacita Dean
-printed email exchange between Petherbridge and Glenn Sujo, The Prince's Drawing Schhol, dated 2-4 Jan 2007, concerning Petherbridge's participation in The Drawing Symposium, 'Constructions of the Visible', and her plans to buy a neighbouring property to her studio in Umbria, and set up a summer school
-research proposal document for two month grant at the Yale Centre for British Art, undated
-lecture notes for lecture given at Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, 28 Nov 2005, titled 'Western Drawing and the Poetics of Line'
-unsent letter from Petherbridge to Tim Llewelyn, Director of the Henry Moore Foundation, concerning funding for her publication 'Drawing: Making ans Thinking', later retitled as 'The Primacy of Drawing' |