Correspondence to and from potential sponsors of the Fourth Plinth Project. Also includes the application made to the Shipley fund and details of the RSA/Goodwood agreement.
The file contains print-outs from the Fourth Plinth web site giving details of the project and the artists involved. It also includes correspondence on the forma and contents of the web site.
The Fourth Plinth project was initiated by RSA past Chairman Prue Leith. The RSA's central aims in this initiative were to: use the plinth to display works of art after the 150 year deadlock; raise the level of debate about the nature of public art today; and inform decisions about the plinth's permanent use. The project was co-ordinated by the RSA.\n\nAll files were appraised and routine correspondence removed.\n\nThe series consists of the administrative records from the initiation of discussions about the empty plinth to the the display of the scupltures: Ecce Homo by Mark Wallinger, Regardless of History by Bill Woodrow and Monument by Rachel Whiteread.
Awarded silver palette
The records of the Free Society of Artists were deposited with the Society after it ended its own art exhibitions in 1764.\nRecords include minutes of a committee and printed catalogues of exhibitions
David Ward was part of a design team comprising, landscape architect, engineer and transport planner to develop designs for Friar Street in Reading. The street links the nineteenth century Museum and Art Gallery in the east of the town with the large Chatham Street development in the west. The design team looked at the history of the site and its context within the town and transformed the street into a successful environment for pedestrians, cyclists and buses. The design stage of the project was completed in 2002. Client: Reading Borough Council. Award value £6,000.
Correspondence, press releases (from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport)and a Report by Sir John Mortimer's Advisory Group (Vacant Plinth Advisory Group) on - the future of the vacant plinth in Trafalgar Square.
Contains an entry form, correspondence, music score 'Three Movements for Piano and Wind Orchestra', description and cassette recording.