Helen Shirk
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| Born | 1942 (age 81–82)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
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| Education | Skidmore College, Indiana University Bloomington |
| Known for | jewelry 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]
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