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Ann Messner (born in 1952) is an artist, activist, and a professor of fine arts at the Pratt Institute. Messner received her B.F.A. from the Pratt Institute in 1973.
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Activism
Messner was a member of Artists Against the War (AAW), The Critical Voice, and the Activist Response Team (A.R.T.), political action coalitions dedicated to non-hierarchical collective response to political events, specifically the American involvement in Iraq.
Messner is also known for her activism bringing attention to real estate inequalities in New York.
Ann Messner in collaboration with Carole Ashley, Elaine Angelopoulos, Debra Werblud and Larilyn Sanchez created and directed the documentary, Disarming Images, produced by Artists Against the War. The documentation, covering the years 2001-2005, focused on protest groups who inventively spread their word against the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.