Her conception of pieces allowed her work to be displayed on the body while simultaneously interacting with it, rather than simply being worn as an adornment. In addition to her teaching, Schick developed a worldwide reputation as a jewelry artist, creating works which were more like body sculptures than traditional jewelry. She then moved to Kansas, shortly thereafter beginning a lifetime association with Pittsburg State University, where she taught as an art professor. After attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison, she completed a master's degree in fine art at Indiana University Bloomington. Growing up in the Heartland of the United States, Schick was raised by her single mother, who as an art instructor nurtured her creative talent. Her works form part of the permanent collections of many of the world's leading art museums, including the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania and the Victoria and Albert Museum of London. Approaching sculptural creations, her avant-garde pieces have been widely collected. Marjorie Schick (Aug– December 17, 2017) was an innovative American jewelry artist and academic who taught art for 50 years. Bold and whimsical large-scale jewelry of wood and papier-mâché
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