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Linda Goode Bryant (born July 21, 1949) is an African-American documentary filmmaker and activist. She founded the gallery Just Above Midtown (JAM), which was the focus of an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in the fall of 2022, organized by curator Thomas Lax.
Over her nearly 50-year career, Linda Goode Bryant has assumed many roles: gallery owner, filmmaker, farmer, entrepreneur.
Oct 10, 2022 · Imprinted on the wall of the Museum of Modern Art’s third-floor gallery is a quote by artist and curator Linda Goode Bryant that reads: “Let’s just do it ourselves.”
Oct 7, 2022 · An interview with filmmaker Linda Goode Bryant on the occasion of MoMA’s exhibition about her groundbreaking gallery, Just Above Midtown. The space was a haven for Black artists at a time when traditional institutions excluded them.
- Cassidy George
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Oct 11, 2019 · Linda Goode Bryant likes to get things done. A self-described workaholic, the filmmaker, former art gallery owner and president of the nonprofit Active Citizen Project seems to dive into...
- Kaya Laterman
Sep 13, 2022 · JAM was founded by the artist and social activist Linda Goode Bryant in 1974 at 50 West 57th Street. Over the next 12 years and in three locations, it would become an incubator for some of the...
Linda Goode Bryant was born in 1949 in Columbus, Ohio, and currently lives and works in New York City, New York. In 1972, Goode Bryant received her BA from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, and studied art history at the City College of New York until 1974, later receiving her MBA from Columbia University in 1980.
