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Linda Goode Bryant was born July 21, 1949 in Columbus, Ohio to parents Floyd and Josephine Goode. She is known for her work as an arts professional, American documentary filmmaker, and activist. Contents 1 Education 2 Career 2.1 Just Above Midtown 2.2 Filmmaking 3 Personal life 3.1 Activism 4 References Education[edit] In 1972 Bryant received her Bachelors of Art degree in studio art with a minor in drama at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1980 she received her Master of Business Administration degree in management from Columbia University in New York City.[1] Career[edit] Before embarking on filmmaking, Bryant began her career as an arts professional having been a fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and in the education department, as an education director at the Studio Museum in Harlem in the 1970s.[1] After which she opened up a gallery originally located in Midtown Manhattan called Just Above Midtown (JAM) from 1974–1986. Just Above Midtown[edit] In 1974, Bryant founded Just Above Midtown (JAM), a New York City non-profit interdisciplinary artists’ space that supported new work by emerging visual, video, and film artists, choreographers, musicians, writers, and performance and theater artists. Originally located on West 57th Street, JAM was the first gallery space to exhibit the work of African-American artists and other artists of color in a major gallery district. At JAM’s inception, works by artists of color were primarily exhibited in community centers and cultural institutions in African-American, Native American, Latino and Asian communities. JAM was met with resentment and hostility from nearby galleries. The first exhibition at the gallery, Synthesis: A combination of parts or elements into a complex whole on view from November 19–December 23, 1974, featured work by David Hammons, Camille Billops, Elizabeth Catlett, and Norman Lewis. JAM emerged during the recession and acted as tool to initiate social change. During this time, there was a distinct difference in the value of white artists compared to non-white artists within the art industry. Bryant intended JAM to be0-- a place where black artists could go to be free from the oppressive views of the commercial industry. In 1977, JAM moved to 178-80 Franklin Street in Tribeca as a result of an increase in rent costs. Tribeca offered a larger space and was located further downtown compared to the location on West 57th Street. While it continued to operate as a commercial gallery and exhibition space, Bryant and her team emphasized live events, such as performances, readings, video screenings, and lectures which included business seminars, at the Franklin Street location.[2] In May 1982, Bryant and Janet Henry published the first issue of Black Currant, a publication that focused on the work of artists affiliated with JAM. JAM moved to its final location in 1984. At 503 Broadway, it ceased to be a commercial gallery and functioned as studio space. The publication became B Culture, edited by Greg Tate and musician and producer Craig Dennis Street. JAM officially closed in 1986. Artists who exhibited at JAM include: Maren Hassinger Senga Nengudi Lorraine O'Grady Howardena Pindell Adrian Piper Fred Wilson David Hammons Filmmaking[edit] She co-produced and directed, with Laura Poitras, Flag Wars (2003),[3] a cinéma vérité Emmy Award-nominated documentary centered primarily around gentrification, race, and class[4] in Columbus Ohio. She is a 2004 Guggenheim Fellow[5] and Peabody Award winner.[6] Personal life[edit] Activism[edit] In 2003 Goode Bryant is a Founder and the Executive Director of the Active Citizen Project (ACP), a non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst and laboratory for broad-based public activism using art and new media as tools for social change.[7] Goode Bryant developed Project EATS during the 2008 Global Food Crisis. She was Founder and Director of Just Above Midtown, Inc. (JAM), a New York City non-profit artists space. Good Bryant believes art is as organic as food and life. It is a conversation anyone can enter. It is a place where we all reside. An energy that is always renewable. It is the essence of humanity. It is our promise to care and take care.[8]