Curtis Hidemasa Nickerson Arima
CV
EDUCATION:
Bachelors of Fine Arts 1998
Individualized Major, Jewelry / Metal Arts and Ceramics
Graduated with High Distinction
California College of Arts and Crafts,
Oakland, CA
Masters of Fine Art 2002
Metalsmithing,
Cranbrook Academy of Art,
Bloomfield Hills, MI
BOARD MEMBERSHIP:
2024-Current, Board of Directors- Community for Ethical Jewelry (Formerly Ethical Metalsmiths)
2022-2024, Advisory Board- Ethical Metalsmiths
2021- Current, Board Member- Yuma Art Symposium- Auction Chair
SELECT TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2002-Current California College of the Arts
Oakland/San Francisco, CA
Administrator CCA
2025-Current Interim Dean of Fine Arts 10 BFA and 2 MFA programs:
Animation, Game Arts, Painting/Drawing, Printmedia, Photography,
Textiles, Ceramics, Jewelry and Metal Arts, Interdisciplinary, Film,
MFA Graduate Fine Arts, Film MFA
2024- 2025 3D Area Chair: Ceramic, Jewelry and Metal Arts, Sculpture,
Textiles, and Individualized BFA Programs
2019 - 2024 Chair of the Jewelry and Metal Arts Program
2017- 2019 Co-chair of the Jewelry and Metal Arts Program
2015-2016 Interim Chair of the Jewelry and Metal Arts Program
2008-2009 Interim Chair of the Jewelry and Metal Arts Program
Faculty CCA
2023-Current Full Professor
2016-2023 Associate Professor
2013-2016 Senior Adjunct Professor
2007-2013 Adjunct Professor
2003-2007 Lecture Instructor
Student Academic Advising for the Jewelry / Metal Arts program
2012-2019 Program Expert
2009-2012 Academic Advisor
Extended Education Instructor
2002-2004 Intro to Jewelry Design
2002- 2011 Jewelry/ Metal Arts Pre-College program
2002-2005 Workshops in metal and clay
Administrative Highlights for CCA:
2025-2026 Part of the 4 dean leadership who developed and led the
After Intelligence
2025-2026 Led 4 Initial Review Committees for faculty promotion.
2025 Led Assistant Professor Faculty search for Photography.
Lecture Series A public inquiry into the impacts of AI on cultural
production, civic life, and the human imagination.
2024-2025 Supported development of new strategies for enrollment through
programing including BA in Art and Design / Craft and Creative
Technology track.
2025 Helped to secure more than $250,000 for the 3D area programs in
endowed funds for scholarships and events for the 3D area.
2024-2025 Helped steer the consolidation of smaller programs into a single
Interdisciplinary BFA to maintain field expertise, culture, and curriculum
while reducing resources.
2024-2025 Supported the transition of Ceramics, Jewelry Metal Arts, Textiles,
Sculpture, and the Individualized programs move into their
newly built studios in SF finalizing unification of our campuses.
2015-2025 instrumental in campus planning and design for San Francisco
CCA campus unification for the Jewelry & Metal Arts Program.
2015-2024 Curriculum and studio development in Jewelry and Metal Arts
to create a more environmentally sustainable pedagogy and support
Diversity, equity, belonging, and inclusion efforts.
2022 Supported the transition to temporary spaces for the Jewelry and Metal
Arts Program to SF in collaboration with studio operations.
2018-2022 Oakland Campus Legacy Committee honoring the history of the campus
and preparation for unification for the new campus in SF
2019-2020 Led the Jewelry and Metal Arts program during fully remote learning
then hybrid learning. Help guide and support faculty through technology
needs and achieved full enrollment for the Jewelry and Metal Arts
Program during the pandemic.
2016-18 Researched and implemented new technology for the Jewelry Metal
Arts program. Added more employable skills and contemporary
technology (3d Printers and CAD software with parametric design for
jewelry)
2016-2018 Lead preparator for NASAD and WASC accreditation renewal in for the
Jewelry / Metal Arts program.
2016-2017 Lead for the Jewelry and Metal Arts program External Review.
2011 Lead for the Jewelry and Metal Arts program Cluster review.
2008-2009 Lead preparator for NASAD and WASC accreditation renewal in for the
Jewelry / Metal Arts program.
Member of these CCA committees and Groups:
DEIB Community Forum (formerly Presidents Diversity Steering Group)
Faculty of Color Alliance (FOCA)
Oakland Campus Legacy Committee/ Chair of the Plant and Seed subcommittee
E- School Collaborative (Environmental Justice and Environmental Sustainability group) Decolonial School
Presidents Faculty Learning Network
Course Schedule Redesign Committee
2021-2022 Richmond Art Center/ Administrative Consultant
Volunteer position for the Metals studio help to assess and redesign metals studio to be more sustainable, ADA/OCHA compliant, and engage with the community. Led groups of volunteers to help clean and organize space to be fully functional.
1990-Present Freelance Artist: Curtis H. Arima Metalsmithing
Commissions and special projects include: Sculpture, Jewelry (engagement rings and commitment bands) custom pieces, Hollowware, Pottery, Illustration, Logo Design, Custom Hardware
2004-2007 Gallery FLUX
San Francisco, CA
Designer/exhibition coordinator/Sales
February 2003 - June 2005 Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa, CA
Adjunct Instructor
Instructor For multi-level Jewelry/ Metalsmithing Classes
Development of curriculum for combined beginning and intermediate courses in the jewelry/metalsmithing department. Designing learning outcomes for courses. Responsible for helping with studio and tool maintenance and ordering materials.
November 2002 - June 2004 Richmond Art Center
Richmond, CA
Instructor
Instructor for Jewelry/ Metalsmithing Advanced and intermediate classes, and surface “Techniques on Clay” courses
September 2002 - June 2003 Vortex Water Features
Berkeley, CA
Assistant Designer
Assisting in construction, design, and execution of landscaping, ponds, and water-features.
Lead design and construction of custom metal work for ponds and water features.
September 2000 - 2002 Cranbrook Art Museum
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Assistant Preparator
Assisted with handling, installation, deinstallation, conservation of artwork, and Museum maintenance. Participated in installing significant art installations including immersive video and kinetic sculpture, such as Ursula von Rydingszard, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle.
October 1995- August 2000 Kids ‘N’ Clay
Berkeley, CA
Studio/Education Manager/Instructor
1995-1998 Part time instructor
1998-2000 studio and educational manager. Teaching responsibilities included, helping teaching and organizing curriculums for preschool, grade school, high school, summer camps, and adult classes. Responsible for teaching techniques in basic and advanced wheel throwing, hand building, basic glaze making, glaze and under-glaze applications, Raku firing, smoke firing, paper making, and woodworking.
ARTIST IN RESIDENT:
May 25 -30 2025
Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Dear Isel, Maine,
‘New Works” Residency By invitation
January 5-10 2025
Arrowmont School of Craft Gatlinburg, TN
“Pentaculum” Residency By invitation
August 3-15 2003
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
New Castle, Maine By invitation
July 2-14 1999
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
New Castle, Main By invitation
2002-September 2003
Emerging Artist in Resident
California College of Arts and Crafts For the
Jewelry/Metal Arts Department September
Oakland, CA By invitation
EXHIBITIONS:
July 17th to August 15 2025 Woman in the News
HB381 New York, New York, with
Greenwich House Pottery
Launched June 2025 We Are SNAG Anthology 5
https://snagmetalsmith.org/we-are-snag-anthology-ed5/
Online Exhibition
June 7- December 2024 I-5 Jewelry and Metalsmithing Artists
SDSU Library, San Diego, CA
July29- August 18th 2024 YBCA Mendsmith project
Nick Dong: Mendsmith Project YBCA San Francisco, CA
February 4-April 14 2024 RJM: Artist Project Keeler Galley Metal Museum,
Nashville, TN
July 7- October 28th 2023 Radical Jewelry Makeover - The Artist Project
Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
November 12 -20, 2022 Madeover: The RJM Artist Project
New York Jewelry Week Bario Neal, NYC, NY
September 7-
October 3, 2022 Transformative Ground
Curtis Arima Solo Show Shibumi Gallery, Berkeley, CA
August 2022- June 2022 Hold: Enamel Bowls, Enamelist Society,
Arrowmont School Art Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TennesseeSNAG Conference, Providence, RI
July 2022 RJM Artist Project Exhibition
NC Museum of Art- Raleigh, NC
January 9- May 7 2022 Nothing Goes to Waste
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Launched June 2021 We Are SNAG Anthology
Online Exhibition https://snag.squarespace.com/
March 20, 2021-
April 30, 2021 Flora and Fauna
Shibumi Gallery Berkeley, CA
January 1, 2021-
March 4, 2021 Surface Matters: Grit and Gloss
Enamelist Society Exhibition
Millersville University. Millersville, PA
November 10, 2020 -
December 8, 2020 Surface Matters: Grit and Gloss
University Gallery Statesboro, GA
December 5, 2019-
January 5, 2020 RJM Sparkle Plenty Quirk Gallery Richmond, VA
November 2019 New York Jewelry Week, Jewelry From Painting,
Mobilia Gallery New York, NY
November 2019 Alchemy 5 The Enamelist Society
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
August 2019 Bioneers Seeding the Field, Growing Transformative
Solutions With Vessel Gallery, Marin Fairgrounds, Marin, CA
October 5-27, 2019 33 rd Emeryville Art Exhibition
Emeryville, CA
November 2, 2018-
January 31, 2020 Jewelry From Painting
Mobilia Gallery Cambridge, MA
December 3, 2019-
January 31, 2020 Colorfield
Mobilia Gallery Cambridge, MA
September 7-
October 29, 2019 Bauhaus to My House
Mobilia Gallery
Cambridge, MA
September 7, 2019-
April 20, 2020 Striking Gold: Fuller at Fifty
Fuller Craft MuseumBrockton, MA
July 31- August 7 2019 Alchemy 5
LaVerne Krause Gallery, Lawrence Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
May 18- June 21 2019 Red
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge MA
October 2018 IMAGINE Peace Now
Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz
December 9, 2017-
January 27, 2018 Special Occasion Jewelry
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge MA
January 7- April 29th 2018 Alchemy 4 Transformation in Contemporary Enamels,
The Enamelist Society Conference Juried Exhibition
National Ornamental Metals Museum, Memphis TN
May 6th - June 17, 2017 4000 Years of Jewelry Design A Contemporary Interpretation
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
November December 2017 Holiday Exhibition
Taboo Studio, San Diego, CA
September 10-
October 22, 2017 Alchemy 4 Transformation in Contemporary Enamels,
The Enamelist Society Conference Juried Exhibition
Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
November 10, 2017-
February 4, 2018 Radical Jewelry Makeover Artist Project
Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore MD
July 29- August 26, 2017 Alchemy 4 Transformation in Contemporary Enamels,
The Enamelist Society Conference Juried Exhibition
Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
November 25, 2016-
February 19, 2017 Radical Jewelry Makeover Artist Project
Form and Concept Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
June 4- July 31, 2016 Men’s Show/ 10 Jewelers
Shibumi Gallery, Berkeley CA
February 13- March 26, 2015 Dwellings
Desta Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
June 14-August 21, 2015 California Now: Clay, Glass, and
Enamel Juried Exhibition
Center for Enamel Art , Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Live start date October 2013 Contemporary Goldsmithing: Tradition and Excellence
http://exhibitions.snagmetalsmith.org/contemporarygoldsmithing/intro
April 2014 Radical Jewelry Makeover
Visual Art Center of Richmond, Richmond VA
January 24-
February 14, 2013 Reflections:100
Oliver Art Center, CCA, Oakland, CA
March 2012 Works by Curtis Arima
D and H Sustainable Jewelers, San Francisco, CA
March 1- 30, 2012 Metal Inkorperated visual arts gallery inaugural exhibition
University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
March 29- June 10, 2011 Beyond Tradition: Art Legacies at the Richmond Art Center
The Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
June 29- August 21, 2010 Innovations in contemporary craft:
A juried Exhibition of Contemporary Crafts in the Bay
The Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
February March, 2010 Arizona State university invitational
EXTREME BEAUTY, invitational SNAG exhibition
Tempe, Arizona .
October 2010 Arizona State university invitational
EXTREME BEAUTY, invitational SNAG exhibition
Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX.
February 2009 Something About Love: A Three Part Affair
Shibumi Gallery, Berkeley, CA
May 1- July 30, 2008 Fabled Adornment
new works by Curtis H Arima and Nick Dong
Fiveten Studio, Oakland, CA
May 2008 Not Just Any Bowl
Yaw Gallery @ SOFA New York, NY
February 8- April 15, 2008 Equal Footing: Materials, Process, Concept
Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
June 3- October 15, 2008 Critical Mass
Cranbrook Art Museum , Bloomfield Hills, MI
December 2007 In-house
Gallery Flux, San Francisco, CA
November 11 -
December 30, 2006 Uncommon Metals
The Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
November 8-
December 13, 2005 Drawn From Nature
Klemm Gallery Siena Heights University, Adrain, MI
September 6-
October 30, 2005 in/organic solo exhibition of work by Curtis H. Arima
The Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
October 28-30, 2005 SOFA Chicago
Navy Pier through YAW Gallery, Chicago, IL
September 2005 Beauty Bound w/ Midori
Gallery FLUX, San Francisco, CA
April 19- June 5, 2005 Artist Choice
Aaron Faber Gallery and SOFA NY, New York, NY
January 2005 Palm Beach 3 Candlestick exhibition
Palm Beach County Convention Center through YAW
November 3-18, 2004 Epicenter CCA
California College of the Arts Tecoah Bruce Gallery,
Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
November 7, 2004 SOFA Chicago Pill Box Exhibition
Navy Pier through YAW Gallery, Chicago, IL
September 28 -
October 24, 2004 Auxin solo exhibition of work by Curtis H. Arima
GALLERY FLUX, San Francisco, CA
June 2004 West Goes East SOFA, NYC/ Yaw Gallery
YAW Gallery, Birmingham, MI/NYC, NY
February 2004 Watershed Alumni show
The Toki Gallery, Berkeley,CA
January 28 -
March 20, 2004 Learned Behavior
The Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
October 17-19, 2003 Stop It SOFA Chicago
Navy Pier through YAW Gallery, Chicago, IL
October 17-19, 2003 Teapots Redefined SOFA Chicago
Navy Pier through Mobilia Gallery, Chicago, IL
September 1-13, 2003 Faculty New Works
California College of the Arts, Tecoah Bruce Gallery,
Oliver Art Center Oakland, CA
May 21 – August 10, 2003 Asian Roots, Western Soil: Visual Poetry in Metal 2003
The National Japanese American Historical Society
San Francisco, CA
May 1-31, 2003 Chess: Contemporary Chessmen by International Makers
Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Scotland, Wales & New Orleans
May 2 – June 29, 2003 Snag – A Metal Arts Guild Exhibition
Oakland Museum of California, Collectors Gallery
Oakland, CA
May 12 – June 26, 2003 Big LITTLE: Jewelers and Sculptors Making it in Metal
The Craft and Cultural Art Gallery State of California Building-Atrium Oakland, CA
May 14 – June 13, 2003 Metal
Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
May 23, 2003 Exhibition in Motion
ACC Church SNAG conference, San Francisco, CA
October 24-27, 2002 Metalsmith in America No. 2 SOFA Chicago
Navy Pier through YAW Gallery, Chicago, IL
October 1- 23, 2002 East Tennessee State University’s Metal Invitational
Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN
June 1- August 31, 2002 2002 Cranbrook Academy of Art Summer
Student Degree Show
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
April 20 - May 10, 2002 2002 Cranbrook Academy of Art Student Degree Show
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
March 8- 29, 2002 2002 Michigan Fine Arts Competition
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
February 22-
March 22, 2002 Metals 2002
College for Creative Studies Walter B. Ford II Building Atrium
Detroit, MI
February 13-
March 7, 2002 Metal Work From Around The Midwest
Western Illinois University Art Gallery, Macomb, IL
October 13-
November 10, 2001 Propagation: Sculptures by Curtis H. Arima
Wearley Studio Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
May 2001 Jewelry and Objects: A Michigan
Silversmiths Guild Exhibition
Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
February 2000 Periodic Metals
Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
December 1999 Teapot Invitational
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
November, 1998 Diversity in Metal: A Metal Arts Guild Group Exhibition
Richmond Art Center South Gallery, Richmond, CA
May 1998 Objects Solo BFA Exhibition
California College of Arts and Crafts South Gallery,
Oakland, CA
March 1998 Society of Northern American Goldsmiths
Student Exhibition University of Washington
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
December 1997 Teapot Invitational
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
September 1996 Two Person Show
Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA
August 1996 Art Works 96
Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA
1989-1996 Craft Shows in the San Francisco Bay Area 8- 10 each year
Juror/ Curatorial Endeavors:
October 2025 Haystack Mountain School of Craft Emerging Craft Award
October 2022 CCA Jewelry Metal Arts 2022 BFA Graduates Exhibition ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
November 2022 Homecoming Exhibition: JMA Senior work Curator
A 21 Gallery CCA Oakland Campus, Oakland, CA
July 2018 So Clean so Fresh. Guest Juror
The Ethical Metalsmiths Student and Emerging Artist Exhibition and Awards
September 2018 Flash (CCA J/MA Alumni) Co-curator with Marilyn da Silva,
Art Jewelry forum 20 year Anniversary A 21 Gallery CCA
Oakland, CA
August 2013 Reflections: 100 CCA J/MA 100 year
anniversary Exhibition Oliver Art Center CCA, Oakland, CA
Summer 2012 Lost and Found Curator,
D and H Sustainable Jewelers San Francisco, CA
August 2010 ACC Show Juror for awards with Deborah Valomo
San Francisco, CA Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2010 SF Metal Arts Guild student scholarship
Juror for awards
2008-9 SNAG student scholarship Juror
2008 Awards Jim Colony solo exhibition Curator,
Gallery FLUX San Francisco, CA 2004
2003 Epicenter CCA Faculty and alum of the
Jewelry / Metal Arts program, Oliver Art Center CCA, Oakland, CA
LECTURES AND GALLERY TALKS AND WORKSHOPS
October 4th 2025 Seattle Metal Art Guild Symposium Presenter
July 2 2025 Metalsmithing Day SF Metal Arts Guild
Sept 30, 2024 Longwood University, Farmville, VA. Curtis Hidemasa Arima Artist talk.
Sustainability focus
Sept 31, 2024 Old Dominican University, Norfolk, VA, Curtis Hidemasa ArimaArtist talk.
Sustainability focus
June 8, 2024 SNAG Conferences, San Diego, CA SDSU, Lecture title: Curtis Hidemasa
Arima + Russ Larman, The intersection of Sustainability and DEIB in
Jewelry and Metalsmithing.
January 19th 2024 Indiana University Bloomington, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture,
and Design.
Artist Talk Curtis Arima and Metalsmithing sustainability workshop.
September 21, 2023 International State of Practice Ethical Metalsmiths. A Critical Look at
forging a Jewelry and Metalsmithing Curriculum Centered on Social
and Environmental Justice.
August 14- 25 2023 Teaching-Haystack Mountain School of Craft Workshop:
Understanding how you see: Connecting the Dots In person Deer Isle, Maine
August 14- 25 2023 Sea Hawk group, Cabrillo College Metal Arts group Curtis H.
Arima studio visit
June 24, 2023 MetalWerx Artist presentation and Workshop, On line
March 30, 2023 Haystack Mountain School of Craft Radical Conversations: Jewelry
Makeover Panelist
September 23. 2021 SNAG Symposium moderator for online conversation
June 26th 2021 Online SNAG Conference “Teaching Virtually” Panel
May 1, 2021 Online Artist Talk “Curtis H. Arima: Multiple Directions”
for Seahawks Metalsmithing group and Cabrillo College.
July 1-5th 2019 “Understanding How You See” Workshop
Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen, China
July 28th 2018 “Design and Composition: Bringing Awareness to Visual Information”
workshop Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild, Santa Cruz, CA
July 28th 2018 “The Power of Composition” Lecture Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild,
Santa Cruz, CA
May 29th -
June 2 2017 Musashino Art University Guest Teacher for Metals Program “Past
Present Future” Conceptual workshop Tokyo, Japan
June 1st 2017 Musashino Art University Public Lecture “Past Present Future” Artist Talk
February 2015 Cabrillo College Workshop Stone Setting, Santa Cruz, CA
February 2015 Cabrillo College public talk, Santa Cruz, CA
June 2013 Revere Academy Workshop and Artist Talk, San Francisco, CA
October 2013 Cabrillo College workshop Stone Setting and Engraving, Santa Cruz, CA
October 2013 Cabrillo College public talk, Santa Cruz, CA
April 2012 California Futures Panel Discussion:
Space- Light-Structure The Future of California Jewelry,
The Oakland Museum
April 2012 Ceramics Alum Night 8, CCA
February 2012 Psychology program, CCA
March 2012 Diablo Valley College visiting the Studio of Curtis H. Arima
Aug 2011 Evergreen Valley College
Aug 2011 Nature Smithing workshop, Masters Symposium, Revere Academy
April 2010 Sonoma State Ceramics Program
October 20 2009 Color on metal, Revere Academy
April 2004 Inerm/Adv. Ceramics Course,
The Academy of Art San Francisco, CA
February 2004 Techniques on Metal Workshop, The Mendocino Art
Center, Mendocino, CA
2004 Color on metal workshop for SF SNAG w/Marilyn da Silva,
Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
September 2003 Guest artist For Metalsmithing Department,
The University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
June 2003 Surface Ceramics Course, The Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA
December 2002 Oakland Community College, Wearley Studio Gallery,Royal Oak, MI
October 2001 Art Museum Project (University of Michigan-Dearborn),
October 2001 Wearley Studio Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
October 2001 Crafts Departments, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
November 2021 Art Department, North Farmington High School, Farmington Hills, MI
Supplementary EDUCATION :
2026 AI for All: From Basics to GenAI Practice INVIDA online
2023-2024 AICAD BIPOC Leadership Resilian Leadership Mentor Group
2025 Udemy online class ChatGPT & AI Tools - From Beginner to Expert
2020- 2022 Udemy Online Courses Adobe Premiere Pro Essentials
Adobe After Effects Beginner
Adobe Photoshop Essentials
Adobe Illustrator Essentials
Designing with Rhino 3D
Jewelry Design in Rhino
June 2019 Traditional Japanese Embroidery Lynda Fu, San Francisco, CA
2017 Garment SpringStructures CCA Fashion, San Francisco, CA
2013--2020 Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series, Berkeley Ashtanga Yoga Berkeley, CA
August 2016 Exquisite Long Stitch Bookbinding Center for the Book
San Francisco, CA
March 2016 Precision Welding Workshop with Jeff Georgantes Oakland, CA
Spring 2014 Enameling with Deb Lozier Oakland, CA
2012 Engraving classes with Haratch Nargizian
October 2003 Lisa Slovis pewter Metal Arts guild workshop
June 2011 Enameling, The Richmond Art Center, Richmond,
CA with Richard Leaf Stone Setting,
The Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA with Hugh Powers
January 2003 Resin Inlay, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI with Allison Parks
March 2002 Blacksmithing, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME with
Fred Crist
August 1999 Etching/ Printmaking, ASUC Art Studio, Berkeley,
CA with Alexandra Blum
April 1999 Surface Techniques on Metal with Keith Lewis,
California College of Arts and
Craft (Extended Education) Oakland, CA
August 1998 Fusing and Granulation,da Silva’s Metal Design Studio,
El Sobrante, CA
SELECT PUBLICATIONS:
CA Modern Magazine
Fall 2021, Quoted on pp 22-22
Metalsmith
2021, Volume 41, Number 2 pp 23
Metalsmith Tech
Fall 2019, Volume 2, number 2 cover
New Brooches: 400 Contemporary Jewelry Designs
Nicolas Estrada, Barcelona Spain, Promopress, pp 170, 2018
Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist
March 2017, pp 70-75 image on pp74
500 Silver Jewelry Designs
New York, NY: Lark Books 2011, pp 76, 152, 334
Metalsmith, Exhibition in Print
2009, Volume 29, number 4 pp 47
Penland book of Jewelry Master Classes in Jewelry Techniques
New York, NY: Lark Books, 2005
Sculpture
November 2002, Volume 21, Number 9 pp 73,
Gerry Craig. Review of Propagation @ Wearley Studio Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan
Clay Times
July/August 2000, Volume 6, Number 4 pp 31-33 Kids’ Korner; Centering Your Clay, and pp 45, Steve Branfman. Review on The Kids ‘N’ Clay Ceramics Book
The Kids ‘N’ Clay Ceramics Book
Berkeley, CA: Tricycle Press (a division of Ten Speed Press), 2000.
Nierman, Kevin (creator) Elaine Arima (writer) and Curtis H. Arima (illustrator).
Metalsmith, Fall 1999, Volume 19, number 5 pp 47,
Baizerman, Suzanne. Review on Diversity in Metal: A Metal Arts Guild Group Exhibition
SELECT AWARDS AND HONORS:
2025 Nominated to apply for the the Maxwell Hanrahan Craft Award
2010 Best of show Innovations in Contemporary Crafts
2009 Educator of the Year Nominee for CCA in NICHE Awards
2001 deSalle Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2001 The June Hauck Commemorative, the Michigan Silversmiths Guild,
Jewelry and Objects
2000 Parent’s Guide Award for The Kids ‘N’ Clay Ceramic Book,
The Parent’s Guide to Children’s Media, Inc.
2000 Parent’s Choice Award for The Kids ‘N’ Clay Ceramic Book,
Parent’s Choice Foundation
2000 Honorable Mention, Metal Arts Guild (San Francisco Bay Area),
Diversity in Metal
1998 Jurors Award, San Francisco Metal Arts Guild, Student Exhibition