Beer With a Painter, our series on painters and their practices, is back! This time, jensamet interviews melissajoseph_art, the New York-based artist who creates “paintings in felt” to explore her Irish and Indian family history. Melissa Joseph’s felted works are often enclosed and framed by small containers — found objects like a vintage first aid box, an anchor, or a silver platter. In this way, the memories of family and friends she renders in felt are held like devotional objects or religious icons. She brings care to candid, sometimes awkward familial moments, simultaneously attaching new meaning to the discarded objects she so tenderly repurposes. To read the interview, visit our link in bio. . . . 1 & 2 - Melissa Joseph in her studio (photo by Ryan Lowry, courtesy Melissa Joseph) 3 - Melissa Joseph, “Kadankavil Family, 1954” (2022), inlaid stoneware, needle felted wool on industrial felt (photo by Joe Painter, courtesy the artist) 4 & 5 - Joseph in her studio this fall (pho...