| 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:
-commissions (e.g. catalogue introduction for Panayotis Cacoyannis' exhibition at the Todd Gallery, with draft attached; review for Nicholas Wadley's publication 'Impressionist & Post Impressionist Drawing')
-invitation to teach/lecture (e.g. set a project task to design a museum pavilion for students at he Royal College of Art; Artweek International Artists' Plener; Cleveland International Drawing Biennale, Conference on Drawing; Craft Council and Tate Gallery's Concepts of Skill in Art Craft and Design Conference, with synopsis of lecture 'Drawing to a Conclusion' attached; Byam Shaw School of Art)
-journalism (e.g. work for the Times Literary Supplement, Crafts and The Independent)
-work on examination boards (e.g. Chelsea College of Art and Design; MA in Art & Architecture at the Polytechnic of East London)
-exhibitions (e.g. 'Marks of Tradition' at the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford; Art and Dance exhibition at Leicestershire Museum & Art Gallery; 'The Primacy of Drawing: An Artist's View' tour)
-participation on panels and advisory boards (e.g. Percentage for Art Steering Group; AXIS Visual Arts exchange & Information Service, Board and Council of Management;Advisory Board of Illuminations' The Arts & Transport Report; Executive Committee of the Women Artists Slide Library; TSB Sculpture Commission Jury; The Polytechnics & Colleges Funding Council's Art, Design & Performing Arts Programme Advisory Group; Art for Architecture Scheme advisory panel)
-selling and buyer information (e.g. 'Become enchanted on seeing the graceful postures of women' bought by the British Museum)
-personal correspondence (e.g. discussing friendships, work, relationships; travel plans; arrangements to socialise; moving house; difficulties with the mural commission in Birmingham)
-Brimingham mural commission (e.g. correspondence concerning loss of wages and publishing articles discussing the commission)
-broadcasts (e.g. bbc radio round table discussion; television programme on 'Billboard Art')
-correspondence with various students (e.g. asking for advice; arranging sessions to discuss research)
-approach from the British Library to enter a competition to design a work of art for the conference centre's main staircase
-reference written for Peter Fink
-approach from publishers John Calmann & King Ltd to edit a book on international public art, with proposal document attached
-approach from Graham Robert's, Public Arts Consultancy & Management regarding an invitation to contribute towards works of art at Quarry House Leeds
-reference written for Vivien Turner
-election as a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
-PhD at the Royal College of Art (e.g. fees; delays over the Birmingham mural commission)
Of particular note:
-letter from artists Laura Godfrey-Isaacs and Rebecca Fortnum; dated 29 Jan 1991, arranging an informal gathering of women artists to open up discussions about work and individual experiences as professional artists
-letter from Petherbridge to Katy Deepwell, dated 18 Apr 1991, accepting her place as a specialist member of the Executive Committee of Women Artists Slide Library and suggesting Janet Summerton, Ruth Gladwin and Gaie Davidson as other candidates
-correspondence between Petherbridge and Sue Harris, Arts Council, dated 4 Apr-20 Apr 1991, concerning a research project into issues affecting women artists and their work
-undated draft text titled 'The Battle of the Barriers', concerning Petherbridge's commission to complete a mural for the International Convention Centre
-letter from Petherbridge to Ilse Wolff, dated 10 Nov 1991, concerning Wolff's proposed book on 'Reading Women in Western Art', and Petherbridge's drawing 'Re-Investment of the Image'
-correspondence from Petherbridge to Tom Sutcliffe, Arts Editor at The Independent, discussing Petherbridge's article on her Birmingham mural commission, with draft article titled 'Invisible Art' attached |