| 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:
-requests and commissions (e.g. to contribute an essay to a book on contemporary art for public places to be published by Winchester School of Art Press)
-personal correspondence (e.g. discussing friendships; arrangements to socialise; thank you letters; letters of congratulations; letters of condolence after Petherbridge's mother's death)
-participation on panels and advisory boards (e.g. Cardiff Bay Development Corporation; Percentage for Art Steering Group; Arts Council's Art Panel, & Art Projects Committee: Magazine Funding 1989/90)
-invitations to teach/lecture (e.g. 'Conference on Art Environment and Wholeness' at Kent Institute of Art & Design; International Conference on Sculpture, Dublin 29-31 Aug 1988; The Levitt Bernstein Seminar Series)
-journalism (e.g. work for the Financial Times reviewing a Sylvia Melland exhibition ; work for Art Monthly)
-invitation to events (e.g. exhibition openings; luncheon with the High Commissioner of India)
-reference written for Peter Fink
-relationship to charities (e.g. African National Congress fundraising fete)
-grant and fellowship applications (e.g. Wingate Scholarships)
Of particular note:
-correspondence between Petherbridge and artist Patrick S. Ford, dated 12 Jan-29 Mar 1988, discussing Ford's admiration of Petherbridge's work, and his request for advice
-letter from Gaie Davidson, dated 30 Jun 1988, discussing the careers of female artists and parenthood
-letter from Petherbridge to Madhumita Bose Thomas, dated 2 Oct 1988, concerning an article written by Petherbridge on Thomas' Calcutta exhibition, with draft article attached |
| Image Caption | Letter from Petherbridge to David Reason, dated 5 Sep 1988, declining his invitation to take part in an open forum on art at Canterbury festival |