This week, the Brooklyn Museum’s front steps are trading stone for softness in a striking new installation.

On Friday, June 6, the museum will unveil , a sweeping, site-specific mural by Brooklyn-based fiber artist Melissa Joseph. The work transforms the museum’s Iris Cantor Plaza into a vivid, contemplative tapestry of friends and family embracing, resting and laughing, everyday moments elevated into public art.

The installation is part of the 2025 UOVO Prize, which awards one emerging Brooklyn artist a cash grant, a solo show and not one but public installations. In addition to the museum steps, Joseph’s work now spans a 50-by-50-foot mural on the facade of UOVO’s Bushwick facility.

Known for her needle-felted portraits made from wool and recycled sari silk, Joseph turne

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