Background
Wyckoff, Sylvia Spencer was born on November 14, 1915 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Lynn Boyd Wyckoff and Bess Jeannette Hohes.
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Sylvia Spencer Wyckoff
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Syracuse University, New York, 1937. Master of Fine Arts, Syracuse University, New York, 1944.
Career
Art teacher various public schools, Homer and Cobleskill, New York, 1937—1942. Instructor College Visual Arts, Syracuse University, 1942—1981, assistant to full professor, chairman freshman core program, 1971—1972, chairman London art program. Retired, 1981
Adjunct art instructor Cazenovia College.
Judge arts recognition and talent search National Foundation Arts, Princeton, New Jersey, 1983.
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Membership
Dispatcher CAVAC (Cazenovia Area Volunteer Corps., New York, 1974—1991. Volunteer Stone Quarry Art Park. Member of National Museum Women in Arts (charter member), Stone Quarry Art Park, Manson Williams Proctor Museum, Cazenovia Watercolor Society (founder 1976, first recipient Priscilla Hancock award 1992), Sigma Chi Alpha, Eta Phi Upsilon (honorary), Alpha Xi Delta (award to 10% Top Alumnae 1967).
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Religion
Presbyterian
Awards
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Recipient 1st prize for watercolor, Onondaga History Society, 1945, Gordon Steele award for painting, Associate Artists of Syracuse, 1968, special award, New York State Teachers Association, 1981.Recipient 1st prize for watercolor, Onondaga History Society, 1945, Gordon Steele award for painting, Associate Artists of Syracuse, 1968, special award, New York State Teachers Association, 1981.