Background
Colton, Joyce Phyllis was born on December 17, 1925 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Colton, Joyce Phyllis was born on December 17, 1925 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Student, Chouinard Art Institute, 1941. Student, University New Mexico, 1946. Associate of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1946.
Bachelor, Immaculate Heart College, 1977.
Interior designer Lloyd Kent Interiors, Los Angeles, 1954-1961, Blackmans Interiors, Van Nuys, California, 1961-1962, Taylor's Fine Furniture, Van Nuys, 1962-1965, Glabman's, Los Angeles, 1965, Fran Sanders Interiors, Encino, California, 1965-1966, Joyce Colton & Associates, Van Nuys, 1966-1987, Eastsound, Washington, since 1987. Consultant Syverson & Son, Eastsound, since 1988.
Designer Heritage Square Committee, Los Angeles, 1970's, Banning House Restoration, Wilmington, California, 1970's. Member Los Angeles Olympics Organizing Committee, 1984, advisory committee Channel 50 television Video Series, Costa Mesa, California, 1977. Member American Association of University Women (vice president since 1988), American Society Interior Designers (president Los Angeles chapter 1977), National Society Interior Designers (life, offices), Art Deco Society Los Angeles (founder, president), Art Deco Society Northwest (founder, president).
Charter member International Society Interior Designers (founder).
Daughter of Sam and Syd (Woolf) Wurtzel. M. Herbert Lloyd Colton, June 16, 1946 (divorced 1978). Children: Christine Dana, Pamela Jane.