| 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:
-correspondence with students (e.g. discussing careers and research for thesis)
-approaches to individuals concerning new projects (e.g. Stuart Lipton concerning working together on architectural projects; colleagues in Perth, Australia concerning a visit)
-journalism (e.g. request to review Andrew Moor's publication 'Contemporary Stained Glass' for Architectural Review, with draft attached; work for the Financial Times and Women Artists Slide Library)
-invitations to teach/lecture (e.g. Chelsea College of Art and Design; Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee; Open Hand Studios)
-personal correspondence (e.g. discussing friendships, work, relationships; travel plans; arrangements to socialise; invitations to Sikinos)
-participation on panels and advisory boards (e.g. Art for Architecture Scheme advisory panel; Glasgow 1990 Sculpture Symposium Advisory Panel; Welsh Sculpture Trust Working Party; Drawing for All ' 90 selection panel)
-exhibitions (e.g. 'The Primacy of Drawing: An Artist's View' proposal; 'Themata' at Fischer Fine Art and Rochdale Art Gallery)
-approaches from charities for drawings (e.g. Worcester Cathedral Appeal, 'Homage to Budhaditya Mukherjee')
-invitations to events (e.g. sculpture unveilings; women of the year luncheon)
-approaches from galleries (e.g. Petherbridge's drawings: 'Descent of the Rivers', 'The penultimate Pillar', and 'Without Barbarians' to be included in 'Art from South Africa' exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford)
-commissions (e.g. invitation from Public Art Development Trust to design five 'medallions' for a new development in Covent Garden, Short's Garden)
-references written for Tay Tan, and Wayne Thomas Lucas
Of particular note:
-letter from Paul Huxley, painting course director at the Royal College of Art (RCA) dated 8 Jan 1990, concerning PhD research at the RCA and Petherbridge's application
-letter from Christine Wilkinson, Open Hand Studios, undated, discussing arrangements for Petherbridge to lecture at the studio and discussing being women artists
-letter from Petherbridge to Pauline Barrie, Women Artists Slide Library, dated 3 Apr 1990, concerning an article written by Petherbridge for their journal discussing Tate Gallery's re hang, and the lack of representation of women artists, with draft attached
-letter from Sandy Narine, Director of Visual Arts, Arts Council, dated 23 Apr 1990, concerning Petherbridge's resignation as Chairman of the Art Projects Committee and the Advisory Panel on Art, and thanking her for her contributions
-correspondence between Petherbridge, Fischer Fine Art, Rochdale Art Gallery, Nicholas Serota and various other individuals, dated 13 Jun-21 Aug 1990, concerning the drawing 'The Judgement Against Rushdie', and its exclusion by members of staff at Rochdale Art Gallery from the exhibition 'Themata', with draft article titled 'Censorship in Rochdale' attached
-undated draft article titled, 'Persian Art is Alive and Well and Living in Foreign Museums' |
| Image Caption | Undated draft article titled 'Censorship in Rochdale': concerning the drawing 'The Judgement Against Rushdie' |