Curtis H. Arima is a Metalsmith and Ceramic artist raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. His sculptural work and jewelry has been exhibited
nationally. He has been involved in art-education for over eight years, and exhibiting for more than 13 years. Arima earned a BFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts and a MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. His work ranges from organic forms using the language of gardening as a metaphor for self and society, to formal explorations in sculptural objects, functional pottery, and jewelry.

The reciprocal action of teaching continues to amaze me. We all learn from each other regardless of individual's outside careers, lives, age, gender, or background. Because of this diversity, I learn as much if not more from the students, as they do from me. Each different aesthetics, and ways of thinking benefits the class as a whole. Each of us shares the universal fascination with creating.