Current Research AND OUTREACH
Conservation adhesives for use with various plastic polymers
Contemporary practices of conservation through the lens of translation theory
AIC CAN! Reading Group, quarterly discussions on readings in the conservation of contemporary art.
AIC CAN! Conversations, seasonal conversations on topics in contemporary art conservation.
Publications and Presentations
Neon Care in Chryssa’s Work
Joy Bloser and matt dilling (2023).
Chryssa & New York, edited by Witko, Larigakis and White, Dia Art Foundation and the Menil Collection.
Conservation Approaches within Artists’ Estates and Foundations
Brad Epley, Ellie Porter, Mark Lightcap, Martha Singer and Joy Bloser (2023)
CAN! Conversations, 9 March 2023. View.
Growing Pains: Characterization of Efflorescence on a Large-Scale Magnesium Relief by Frank Stella
Abed Haddad, Joy Bloser, Emily Mulvihill & Lynda Zycherman (2022)
Journal of the American Institute for Conservation. DOI: 10.1080/01971360.2022.2111499
Repairing Tirs: Conservation approaches to Niki de Saint Phalle’s Shooting Paintings
Joy Bloser and Mina Gaber (2022).
Forthcoming. 2022 Annual Meeting, American Institute for Conservation, Los Angeles. AIC 2022.
Caravan Chaos: Collegial Consultations as the Counter Pressure to the Art Market in Private Practice
Carien van Aubel and Joy Bloser (2022)
Contemporary Art Conservation Revisited: 20 years later, Bern Academy of the Arts HKB, 27-28 January 2022.
Past/Present: Collecting, Exhibiting and Conserving Contemporary Art in Asia
Shu-Wen Lin and Joy Bloser.
Co-organizer and moderator. Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts Symposium, 5-8 January 2022. Podcast.
Facilitate Rather than Dictate: Conversation with Fabricators in Contemporary Art
Pam Paulson, Paul Amaral, Matt Dilling, Taylor Healy, and Joy Bloser (2021)
CAN! Conversations, 13 December 2021. View.
Contextualizing the Decision-making Model in Contemporary Art Conservation
Joy Bloser, Julia Betancor, Miroslaw Wachowiak, Mareike Opeña and Martha Singer (2021)
CAN! Conversations, 9 April 2021. View.
The Plastic Bag in Art: Three case studies on the treatment of clear, flexible plastic film in contemporary art
Joy Bloser (2020)
Post-Prints forthcoming. Plastics in Peril: Focus on Conservation of Polymeric Materials in Cultural Heritage, virtual conference, 16-19 November 2020. Plastics in Peril 2020. View.
El Anatsui: Conservation concerns beyond installation
Joy Bloser, Lynda Zycherman, Abed Haddad, Ana Martins, and Chris McGlinchey (2019)
Metal 2019: Proceedings of the interim meeting of the ICOM-CC Metals Working Group, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2-6 September 2019. ICOM-CC Metals 2019
Manuela Toro, M., Tony Beentjes, Ineka Joosten, Lynda Zycherman, and Joy Bloser (2019)
Metal 2019: Proceedings of the interim meeting of the ICOM-CC Metals Working Group, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2-6 September 2019. ICOM-CC Metals 2019
Collection Care Solutions for Plastics in Library and Archival Collections
Jessica Pace and Joy Bloser (2019)
2019 Annual Meeting, American Institute for Conservation, New England. AIC 2019
From Wreckage to Relics: Conserving and Exhibiting Fragments from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Midway Gardens.
Jes Betz Abel, Ellen Moody, Joy Bloser, Chris McGlinchey, and George Wheeler (2018)
2018 Annual Meeting, American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Houston, TX. AIC 2018
From 220v to 110v and back again: 7 illuminated hotel signs from the MoMA collection
Joy Bloser (2018)
New England Conservation Association, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA, 8 March 2018. NECA 2018
Authenticity in Installation Art
Joy Bloser (2018)
Voices in Contemporary Art (VOCA) Blog. 27 July 2018.
Joy Bloser, Julia Sybalsky, Fran Ritchie (2017 / 2018)
The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections 2017 Meeting, Denver, CO;
2018 Annual Meeting, American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Houston, TX.
Measuring Exhibition Case Air Exchange Rates.
Joy Bloser, Shannon Mulshine, Steve Weintraub (2016)
2016 ANAGPIC Student Conference, Harvard University, Boston, MA. View.