Helen Shirk

American jewelry designer(born 1942)
Helen Shirk
Born1942 (age 81–82)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
EducationSkidmore College, Indiana University Bloomington
Known forjewelry designer and teacher

Helen Shirk (born 1942, Buffalo New York) is an American jewelry designer. She attended Skidmore College and Indiana University Bloomington as well as studying at the Kunsthaandvaerkerskolen in Copenhagen on a Fulbright Scholarship.[1] She taught jewelry and metalwork at San Diego State University from 1975 to 2010, retiring as Professor of Art Emeritus.[2]

Her work is in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[3] the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,[4] the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,[5] and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[6]

In 1999 Shirk became a Fellow of the American Craft Council.[7] In 2017 she received the lifetime achievement award from Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG).[2]

References

  1. ^ "Inside the Collection: Helen Shirk and #5WomenArtists". Metal Museum. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b Tuazon, Guilda (12 April 2017). "2017 SNAG Lifetime Achievement Award, Helen Shirk". Society of North American Goldsmiths. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Helen Shirk". LACMA Collections. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Works | Helen Shirk". The MFAH Collections. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Works – Helen Shirk". The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Bracelet". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  7. ^ "College of Fellows". American Craft Council. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
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