Anne Arrasmith


Anne Harper Arrasmith was an American artist and curator who lived and worked in Birmingham, Alabama. She co-founded and operated along with Peter Prinz the not-for-profit project Space One Eleven. Arrasmith was a student of Edith Frohock while at University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Education

Arrasmith attended Shades Valley High School. She then attended the University of Alabama, and graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Projects

''Space One Eleven''

In 1986, she and Peter Prinz founded Space One Eleven with a mission to present exhibitions that confront ideas in a southern context or framework. Arrasmith was the director for this facility. The project received support from the Birmingham Museum of Art before it began receiving grants from the Andy Warhol Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Space One Eleven made it possible for the children who live in Metropolitan Gardens to participate in art.

Other roles

Arrasmith was on the steering committee of Birmingham Art and Music Alliance as well as a participating member of The NEA Tapes through the Eidia House in New York, NY along with other notables Edward Albee, Jane Alexander, Ed Asner, Ron Athey, Chuck Close, Karen Finley, Agnes Gund, Alex Katz. David Moos, Tim Robbins, Andres Serrano, Kiki Smith and Lawrence Weiner. Arrasmith worked with Creative Capital as a consultant helping to determine grant nominees.
She also was a board member of the Alabama School of Fine Art, a member of ArtTable, an organization representing women in the fine arts sector.

Curatorial work

Arrasmith included numerous artists' books into her exhibitions including the works of, among others, Sara Garden Armstrong, Pinky Bass, Jon Coffelt, Edith Frohock, Lee Isaacs, Mary Ann Sampson, and Marie Weaver.

Personal life

Arrasmith was married to Dr Warren W. Arrasmith, with whom she had a daughter, Tyndall.

Books and catalogs