Shenk worked in
fiber arts, creating quilts of
handmade paper she pressed from natural and recycled materials. Her work focused on
book art and has strong references to
Jungian philosophy, where she recorded her dreams in visual form. Shenk's work has been widely exhibited including the
University of Washington Library Special Collections, the
University of California San Diego Special Collections, the
Athenaeum Music and Arts Library in
La Jolla, the
Long Beach Museum of Art, Her work is in the collection of the
National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), and the
Yale University Art Gallery. Shenk was the Assistant English Professor at
Texas Southern University,
Houston, from 1963 to 1964, and editor at both the
University of California-San Francisco Medical Center, from 1964 to 1965, and the American Book Company,
New York City, from 1965 to 1967. She worked as student activities coordinator for the
University of California, San Diego, from 1970 to 1974. ==Awards==