| 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; health; arrangements to socialise; neighbour disputes)
-invitation to events (e.g. fundraising events, private views and memorial events)
-paticipation in conferences/symposiums (e.g. Drawing Symposium, Hereford College of Arts, 4 Nov 2011; When Art History Meets Design History, Courtauld Institute conference in association with V&A/Royal College of Art; 22 Oct 2012)
-travel (e.g. Puerto Rico, US, Italy)
-exhibitions (e.g. ING 'Discerning Eye' Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, Nov 2011; 'Narratives of Arrival & Resolution: Abstract works on paper', Art Space Gallery, 25 Jan-22 Feb 2013; 'Drawn Together: Artist as Selector', Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, 19 Jul-15 Oct 2014; 'Artists in De Beauvoir', 2-5 Jun 2011)
-drawing research (e.g. discussions with various academics, students and artists on the subject of drawing)
-approaches to galleries (e.g. Malborough Fine Art Ltd; Art Space Gallery; Kettles Yard; Serpentine Gallery)
-publications (e.g. contribution to a special edition of Print Quarterly, in honour of Antony Griffiths, Volume 28, No.4, 2011; contribution to the exhibition catalogue 'Surface/Infinity: Vija Celmins, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin', Craig F. Starr Gallery, New York, with draft essay attached)
-invitations to lecture/teach (e.g. Gainsborough Study Day in association with the exhibition Gainsboroughs Landscapes: Themes & Variations, Holburne Museum, Bath, 14th Nov 2011; Is Drawing Dead?, Yale School of Architecture Conference, 10-11 Feb 2012; 'The Young Dürer: Drawing the Figure', Study Day, The Courtauld Gallery, 1 Jan 2014; University of Huddersfield; Hereford College of Arts; University of Leeds; Goucher College; Summer School course 'Lines of Sight and Invention', The Courtauld Institute of Art, 21-25 Jul 2014)
-approaches from galleries (e.g. The Millinery Works)
-approaches from charities and organisations asking for drawings to auction (e.g. London Group Draw sale; Royal West of England Academy (RWA) auction)
-reference written for Erica Daborn
Of particular note:
-letter from Petherbridge to Michael Harrison, Director of Kettles Yard, dated 23 Aug 2011, discussing his retirement, his future plans, and Petherbridge's proposed exhibition titled 'The Impossibility of Landscape'
-printed email from artist Nancy Goldring, dated 29 Aug 2011, discussing her positive opinion of 'The Primacy of Drawing'
-printed email exchange between Petherbridge and Elizabeth Gunter, Visual Arts Department, Stellenbosch University, dated 12-19 Sep 2011, approaching Petherbridge to be involved with the university's '[de]Centre Drawing Project'
-letter from Antony Griffiths, dated 20 Sep 2011, concerning Petherbridge's contribution to a special edition of Print Quarterly, in honour of Antony Griffiths, Volume 28, No.4, 2011
-transcription of interview of Petherbridge by Alyssa [?], Montclair University student, dated 18 Mar 2012
-letter from Petherbridge to Nigel Carrington, Rector, University of Arts London (UAL), dated 3 Apr 2012, concerning her resignation as visiting professor, and her long association with Wimbledon College of Arts
-letter from Petherbridge to Irena Murray, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), dated 7 Jun 2012, dicussing a proposed publication on architectural drawings written in collaboration with RIBA
-exhibition statement written by Petherbridge, titled 'Narratives of Arrival and Resolution: Abstract works on paper', dated Jul 2012
-notes from discussion between Sarah Shalgosky, Curator, and Petherbridge, recorded for a podcast, dated 21 Nov 2012
-printed email exchange between Petherbridge and historian, Marina Warner, dated 20-24 Aug 2013, discussing Warner's opinion of the 'Witches & Wicked Bodies' exhibition and catalogue
-printed email exchange between Petherbridge and Anne Desmet, Royal Academician, dated 23-24 Sep 2013, concerning Desmet nominating Petherbridge to become a Royal Academician, the election process, and Petherbridge's reasons for asking for her name to be to withdrawn
-written descriptions of Petherbridge's designs for two commermorative coins to mark the centenary of World War I, undated
-draft chapter abstract titled 'Leaky Vessels & Devil's Dugs', dated 30 May 2014 |
| Image Caption | Letter to Michael Harrison, dated 23 Aug 2011, discussing his retirement, his future plans, and Petherbridge's proposed exhibition titled 'The Impossibility of Landscape' |