Staff

Anne Arrasmith Artist and Co-Founder of Space One Eleven

A native of Birmingham, Anne attended The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1970.  Her diploma was mailed to her in the Philippines where she lived until 1972.

She began her career as a staff artist for the Birmingham News then moved on to become a visual arts instructor and ultimately to a career as an artist.  In 1986, she co-founded Space One Eleven (SOE) with sculptor Peter Prinz, a native of Germany.

Arrasmith has served on a number of national boards, including the National Association of Artists’ Organizations (NAAO). She is a member of Leadership Birmingham, The Women's Network of Birmingham, and ArtTable. She was a member of the Visual Arts Board of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, served on the Steering Committee of the Regional Cultural Plan for the Birmingham Greater Metropolitan Area, as well as on the Advisory Board of the Metropolitan Gardens Tenants Association (Public Housing.)  She received a Woman of Distinction award from the Alabama Cahaba Girl Scout Council and the Silver Bowl Award from the Birmingham Festival of Arts.

She continues to produce, large scale installation pieces usually comprised of social commentary and shown primarily in the region.  She makes installations and one of a kind art furniture with Prinz and exhibits with the Alabama artist' collective, PAAMA.

Peter Prinz—Artist/Sculptor, CEO and Co-Founder of Space One Eleven (SOE)

Originally, from Erlangen, Germany, Peter Prinz is the CEO and Co-Founder, and a Board Member of SOE, an artists-centered visual arts non-profit that has built a reputation for innovative community planning, exhibitions, and support for artists and cultural programs in Birmingham and throughout the Southeast.  As the chief executive and financial officer of SOE, he has been a major force in creating organizational stability, fiscal, and administrative steadiness. His work expands beyond the walls of Space One Eleven, as evident by the many community positions in which he serves, including committee positions with the Nonprofit Resource Center of Alabama and Marconi Park, the Board of the Metropolitan gardens tenants Association and serving on the Steering Committee to develop the Cultural Plan for the City of Birmingham. He is a member of the 2008-2009 leadership Birmingham class. 

In addition to his administrative duties, working on community art planning, and organizing visual arts presentations, Prinz remains a practicing artist as a designer, sculptor and furniture maker.  His work ranges from explorations in halogen lighting to one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture and sculpture.  Prinz often collaborates with painter Anne Arrasmith and is a member of the artists’ collective PAAAMA, a group of five Birmingham–based artists who work on installations in book form.  He served in the first residency of the Seaside Institute and his work is found in numerous private and public collections across the U.S. 

Linda A. DeRocher

Originally from Michigan, Linda DeRocher, Administrative Associate, arrived in Alabama in late 1984.  She began working at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in April, 1985; her position of the last twelve years was Executive Assistant to the dean of the former School of Arts and Humanities.  Linda earned her BA with honors from UAB in 1997, majoring in English with a minor in linguistics.  Now retired from UAB, Linda is a graduate student there working on her Master’s in Education to teach English as a Second Language to adult learners.  Her interests are reading, photography, graphic design and needle arts.  Her legacy accomplishment:   three daughters, a son, five granddaughters and three grandsons.