TILL x ZUCOT: Opening Night

TILL x ZUCOT: Opening Night

On Friday, October 28th, ZuCot Gallery, TILL Movie and key Partners will co-host the special Opening Night event for the TILL: Impact of Images Signature Exhibit at ZuCot Gallery from 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM. Opening Night will bring together a diverse group of leaders in the community and culture for an inspiring evening in honor of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley. The night will include refreshments provided by McBride Sisters Wine Company, on-site activations, dj, a special portrait studio and more. Attendees will be the first to experience and explore the specially curated installations and images captured by trailblazing Black Photographers featured in the TILL: Impact of Images Signature Exhibit. This exhibit will remain open to the public from October 28, 2022 until November 10, 2022, free of charge.

Partners for our TILL: Impact of Images Signature Exhibit at ZuCot Gallery include Orion Pictures, United Artists Releasing, TILL Movie, Emmett Till Legacy Foundation, The Art Brothers Foundation, Lead With Love, Black Girl Magic Wine, K Period Media Foundation, Black Voters Matter, Black Love, Jet Magazine, Southern Black Girls & Women Consortium, Withers Collection Museum & Gallery, When We All Vote, Black Women Photographers, Ebony Magazine, Fair Count, BEM Brooklyn and more. Our new exhibit features work from Gordon Parks, Devin Allen, Reggie Cunningham, Ray Neutron, Samora Pinderhughes, the Till Family and Emmett Till Legacy Foundation, Ebony Magazine, TILL Movie (Orion Pictures, United Artists Releasing) and more.

ZuCot Gallery is the largest African-American owned fine art gallery in the Southeast. Located in the historic Castleberry Hill district of downtown Atlanta, our 3,500 sq. foot space offers an eclectic decor and features some of the most prolific contemporary artists of our time. We believe that what you hang on your walls is a reflection of you, it is a window into your character, your convictions, and even your soul. We are uniquely positioned to help you make a difference in ensuring that your art is a reflection of what is important to you. Owning and displaying original African-American art provides meaning and financial value; with the ZuCot experience, it can also be deeply spiritual. We are custodians of our culture.

“What happens to any of us, anywhere in the world, had better be the business of us all." Mamie Till-Mobley. In Mamie Till-Mobley’s courageous fight for justice for her son Emmett Till after he was brutally lynched on August 28, 1955, she took action and organized to have Jet Magazine publish the photos of her 14 year old son captured by Black Photographer David Jackson in the Chicago funeral home on September 15, 1955. As depicted in Chinonye Chukwu’s 2022 feature film TILL, these images galvanized communities nationwide and transformed the moment into a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Rooted in revolutionary love, transformative justice, radical art, hope and healing, the ‘Impact of Images’ campaign looks to honor the power of images like those featured in Jet and the influence of Mamie’s leadership by uplifting influential Black Photographers across generations, empowering Black-led nonprofits fighting for equality like the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation and Black Voters Matter and supporting Black-owned businesses and spaces like Jet Magazine, ZuCot Gallery and McBride Sisters Wine Company. Organized by Lead With Love and K Period Media Foundation (KPMF) with support from Orion Pictures, United Artists Releasing and TILL Movie, the ‘Impact of Images’ campaign and collection features a highly curated group of archival and new images captured by Black Photographers including Gordon Parks, Kwame Brathwaite, Devin Allen, Ernest Withers, Noémie Marguerite, Reggie Cunningham, Moneta Sleet Jr. and more. The collection also includes personal photos from the family of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley, stills from TILL Movie and images from Ebony Magazine and Jet Magazine.