| 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:
-supplying images for publications (e.g. 'Design' by Philip Rawson;)
-invitations to teach/lecture (e.g. 'Writing About Art' Conference at Gregynog 10-12 Jun 1988, with lecture notes attached; International Conference on Sculpture, Dublin 29-31 Aug 1988; 'Real Art in Real Places' seminar at Kingston Polytechnic, 28 Apr 1988, with lecture notes attached; Saturday Talk at the Serpentine Gallery; participation in the 'Open Futures' debate at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; in conversation with Alistair MacLennan after his performance of SLOW NO at AIR Gallery, 17 May 1988; 'Michael Sandle: Sunday Talks' at Whitchapel Art Gallery 22 May 1988)
-Art for Architecture publication (e.g. reviews; responses to reviews; image reproduction; thank you letters for copies)
-participation on selection panels (e.g. Gainsborough's house third Drawing for All competition)
-approaches from galleries (e.g. Graves Art Gallery's exhibition 'Piranesi's Prisons: A Perspective' with draft lecture text 'Perspectiva, prospectiva, perspective, prospect, vista'; Crawford Centre for The Arts's exhibition 'Light and Space')
-personal correspondence (e.g. discussing friendships and relationships; arrangements to socialise; thank you letters; letters of congratulations)
-requests for commissions (e.g. drawing for Andrew Jones Art's daybook; drawing for Riverside Studios' production of 'The Maginot Line'; to contribute an essay to a book on contemporary art for public places to be published by Winchester School of Art Press)
-invitations to events (Cecily Sash Exhibition at Boundary Gallery; unveiling of 'Leaf Fields' at St Albans Arts Festival; 'Late Picasso' at the Tate)
-journalism (e.g. approach to The Guardian; work for Art Monthly and the Financial Times)
-teaching positions (e.g. part-time lecturing contract at Kingston Polytechnic)
-correspondence with various students (e.g. asking for advice; thank you letters)
-reference written for Kevin Atherton
Of particular note:
-letter from Petherbridge to David Alston, Deputy Director of Arts, Graves Art Gallery, dated 8 Feb 1988, concerning the drawings 'Descent of the Rivers', Koothambalam', 'Walking without Eyes' and 'The Awful Visage of Entry and Exit'
-letter from Petherbridge to David Alston, Deputy Director of Arts, Graves Art Gallery, dated 18 Jun 1988, concerning the acquisition of the drawing 'The Penultimate Pillar''
-correspondence between Petherbridge and Judith Croft, Cleveland (UK) 8th International Drawing Biennale; dated 11 Nov 1987-15 Feb 1988, concerning feedback for a review of the Biennale's operations
-letter from Petherbridge to Frits Keers, dated 29 Jan 1988, discussing her trip to India and Australia
-letter from The Museum of Modern Art, Oxfrd, dated 24 Mar 1988, discussing Petherbridge's acquisition of a drawing by K.G. Subramanyan
-letter from Petherbridge to Gaie Davidson, dated 18 May 1988, discussing the careers of female artists and parenthood
-letter from Petherbridge to curator and art critic Andrew Brighton, dated 2 Jun 1988, discussing payment for an article on Tate Gallery Liverpool, with draft article titled 'Spreading Modernism' attached
-letter from Petherbridge to Moira Vincentelli, dated 15 Jun 1988, discussing publications on women's traditional art and craft in India |
| Image Caption | Letter from Petherbridge to Gaie Davidson, dated 18 May 1988, discussing the careers of female artists and parenthood |