Holly Curcio, originally from eastern Massachusetts, completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 1996 and her Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Arizona State University in 2007. She has completed public and private tile art commissions in Northern California and has spent time as a Resident Artist at several art centers including Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle ME, Mendocino Art Center in Mendocino CA, Anderson Ranch Art Center in Snowmass Village CO and Carbondale Clay Center in Carbondale CO. After moving around the states for 12 years she has returned to Massachusetts where she is the current 2011-2012 Artist-in-Residence at Mudflat Studio in Somerville MA. She teaches ceramics at Mudflat Studio and Emmanuel College.