 Her work is remarkable considering the challenging times for female artists in the 1960s and the glass ceiling she fought so hard to break.Berk attended the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland from 1955 to 1959, where she studied with Richard Diebenkorn and Harry Krell..Some of Berk's most noted works are "Me or Facade (1960), Picnic (1961), Golden Gate (1961), Three Figures (1962), Racing (1964), Leaning Figure (1967) Lagoon Valley Road (1968). "