| 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:
-journalism (e.g. article written for Design World; work for Art Monthly, Architectural Review, and the Financial Times; responses from readers regarding Petherbridge's articles)
-discussing the working practices of galleries (e.g. Fischer Fine Art ltd)
-personal correspondence (e.g. discussing friendships, relationships; travel plans; arrangements to socialise; invitations to Sikinos)
-invitations to teach/lecture (e.g. interview and discussion between Petherbridge and Bhajan Hunjan's at Hunjan's exhibition at Horizon Gallery, London, with Petherbridge's notes for the interview attached)
-invitations to events (e.g. invitations to various performances and exhibitions including Michael Sandle retrospective exhibition in Stuttgart; Art's Council's Art Fair Seminar, 1 Apr 1989, and Art with Architecture Seminar May 1989; various birthday parties; tour of the Tate Gallery Liverpool; chairing the panel at The Levitt Bernstein Seminar Series, with questions for panel attached; 'Choreographer and Artists' discussion evening with Ashley Page, at the Royal Opera House)
-commissions (e.g. by the Imperial War Museum's Artistic Records Committee; report on the International Conference of Sculpture in Dublin, with draft attached)
-participation on panels and advisory boards (e.g. Cardiff Bay Development Corporation Selection Panel; Gainsborough's House fourth Drawing for All competition; Arts Council's Art Projects Committee)
-approaches to galleries (e.g. Galeria Contamparanea, Rio de Janiero)
-involvement with various groups and charities (e.g. Charter 88; International Association of Art Critics)
-approaches from galleries (e.g. Ikon Gallery, Birmingham)
-correspondence with various students (e.g. asking for advice; arranging sessions to discuss research, thank you letters)
-approaches to museum and gallery professionals (e.g. Sean F Kelly, Louver Gallery, New York; Andrea Hull, Executive Director, Department for the Arts, Perth; Nicholas Serota, Tate Gallery Director; Catherine Lampert, Whitechapel Art Gallery Director)
-approaches from charities for drawings (e.g. Artists Against Homelessness; Artists For Nuclear Disarmament)
-reference written for Barbara Duffy
Of particular note:
-letter fom Petherbridge to Sandra Percival, Programme Manager, Art in Public Places, Washington State, dated 28 Feb 1989, discussing Petherbridge's residency in Boeing to prepare a mural for the new aerospace museum in Duxford, UK; public art in Seattle; and other matters
-letter from Petherbridge to Sidney Jowers, dated 30 Jan 1989, discussing the concept of Jennifer Jackson's ballet; Petherbridge's set and costume designs; and the location of images of her designs
-letter from David Alston, Deputy Director of Arts, Graves Art Gallery, dated 4 Jan 1989, concerning the acquisition of the drawing 'The Penultimate Pillar'
-correspondence between Petherbridge, and Charles Ryder, Julian Treuherz and Richard Francis, dated 5 Feb-1 Mar 1989, concerning an article written by Petherbridge for the Financial Times on the Tate Gallery Liverpool
-letter from Petherbridge to S. Klose, McCelland Gallery, Australia, dated 12 Apr 1989, discussing the location of various sculpture parks in the UK
-letter from Petherbridge to Andrea Hull, dated 7 Aug 1989, suggesting a residency in Australia
-letter from Bhajan Hunjan, dated 16 May 1989, concerning Petherbridge's acquisition of one of her works of art
-letter from M F Wrottesley, Department of Education, dated 4 Jul 1989, discussing the Art Incentive Scheme
-letter from Petherbridge to Nicholas Serota, dated 29 Sep 1989, concerning Petherbridge's proposal for 'a grand promotion of drawing'
-correspondence between Petherbridge and Catherine Lampert, dated 29 Sep-25 Oct 1989, concerning Petherbridge's artistic practice and her proposal for an exhibition focusing on drawing |
| Image Caption | letter from Petherbridge to Nicholas Serota, dated 29 Sep 1989, concerning Petherbridge's proposal for 'a grand promotion of drawing' |
| Letter from Petherbridge to Catherine Lampert, dated 29 Sep 1989, proposing an exhibition focused on drawing |