Celestia Morgan, American
Birmingham Sky Map, 2019
This sky map is from Birmingham, Alabama, based artist Celestia Morgan’s series REDLINE. It shows a shape pulled from a redlining map of Birmingham placed in the sky. This piece is based on Bart Slawson’s quote “Where a child grows up should not dictate where they end up” and the saying “the sky is the limit.” Morgan has seen first hand how redlining can stifle communities through enforcing poverty and poor environmental conditions. Drawing these lines in the sky shows the disconnect between the ideal of endless possibilities and the reality of systemic barriers. Label by Becca Gurysh