Textile Talismans: Printed Pockets

Textile Talismans: Printed Pockets is a hands-on Saturday Open Studio led by textile and sculpture artist Charlie Dov Schön. Participants will create fabric pouches decorated with diasporic Jewish textile motifs inspired by the age of Rembrandt, exploring how pockets and pouches can carry cherished objects, memories, and sacred items across places and generations.

Schön’s interdisciplinary practice brings together textiles, poetics, ritual, material-culture studies, and grief. Her work considers spiritual objects as collectors of data and scientific practice as a form of prayer. She has exhibited at Boston City Hall, Brandeis’ Kniznick Gallery, Tufts University Art Galleries, the Wellin Museum of Art, and New York Textile Month, and has held residencies at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Open AIR Montana, and Art Farm Nebraska.

When: Saturday, November 28, 2026

Showtimes: 1–4 pm

Venue: Bertucci Education Studio at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston

Tickets: Free with museum admission

Participation: Drop-in and first come, first served. Advance registration for general museum admission is recommended.

Ticket Information: Museum admission tickets are available online, by calling the Box Office at 617-278-5156 from Wednesday through Monday, 10 am–4 pm, or in person at the ticket desk from Wednesday through Monday, 11 am–4:30 pm. Walk-up, day-of tickets are not guaranteed.

Accessibility: Contact the Box Office at 617-278-5156 to request accessible or companion seating or to ask about other accommodations.

Artist: Charlie Dov Schön is a textile and sculpture artist based in Somerville, Massachusetts. Her work has been presented at Boston City Hall, Brandeis’ Kniznick Gallery, Tufts University Art Galleries, the Wellin Museum of Art, and New York Textile Month.