Celestial Lineage rises from the heart of South City like a chorus of remembered voices—an offering to a place where generations have lived, struggled, created, and carried each other forward. Rooted in the former Foote and Clayborn Homes, this three-part sculptural constellation is shaped by the memory of a community that has always made brilliance out of what was at hand.
These forms draw from the long, steady tradition of African American quilt-making hose sacred textiles that held warmth in winter and encoded our stories in pattern, color, and rhythm. The sculptures echo those improvisational geometries, stitching South City into the larger tapestry of the Memphis Heritage Trail and the unbroken arc of the African diaspora. In this lineage, quilts were never just quilts; they were maps, hymns, testimonies. So too are these forms.
