New MOMA exhibit recognizes JAM, a 1980s Black art gallery that contributed to the NYC art scene

Just Above Midtown (JAM) was an art gallery and Black space that welcomed artists and visitors of many generations and races in New York City from 1974 until 1986. At the time the folks in charge of the same museum that now houses this exhibit ignored founder Linda Goode Bryant. 'We were four blocks away,' Bryant said. 'JAM was on 57th Street. MOMA was on 53rd, and we couldn't get MOMA's attention.'

Half a century after this art was created and shown, it is finally getting recognition at MOMA in a new exhibit, Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces. Sandy Kenyon has the story.

Now, a new exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art celebrates the contribution of this unique cultural space. "At that time they needed, black artists in particular, not just a place to show which JAM provided, but also a place to gather, come together, experiment and do whatever it is they wanted to do with one another," Lax said.The gallery was established in Midtown at a time when that area was the center of the art world.

The museum is paying attention now, even staging a joyous reunion of JAM artists and supporters to open the exhibit.Bryant took time at the exhibit opening to reflect on the community built around JAM.

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