Helen Shirk Explained

Helen Shirk
Birth Place:	Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Field:	jewelry designer and teacher
Training:	Skidmore College, Indiana University Bloomington

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]

Notes and References

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