Joyce Hill Stoner : my life in art conservation and intersections with the Getty
Joyce Hill Stoner (Interviewee), Amanda Tewes (Interviewer), Getty Trust Oral History Project, Bancroft Library Oral History Center (Issuing body), J. Paul Getty Trust
This interview includes discussion about: growing up in the Washington, D.C., area; attending College of William & Mary, New York University, and the University of Delaware, as well as doctoral work on the treatment of James MacNeill Whistler's The Peacock Room; major developments in the field of art conservation, including training, literature, and technology; contributions of art conservators like David Bull, John Brealey, John Gettens, and George Stout; meeting husband Patrick Stoner and his career and studies in theater; teaching at Virginia Commonwealth University and then at Winterthur/University of Delaware since 1976; interviewing and conserving art for the Wyeth family; longtime association with the Getty Trust, including as an applicant, visiting scholar with the Paintings Conservation Department, as the managing editor of Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts (AATA), serving on committees with the GCI, and receiving funding from the Getty Grant Program; history of AATA and FAIC's Oral History Archive Project; challenges in the field of art conservation, including sexism, diversification, and treatment controversies; ongoing theatrical work, which sometimes intersects with art conservation; the Getty's contributions to art conservation, including the UCLA/Getty doctoral program, supportive leaders and staff, and funding projects like the Panel Paintings Initiative
Manuscript, English, 2019