IMF Group

Hi all -

I'm teaching again in Brooklyn in August. All levels of students are welcome to join, but silver soldering experience is a prerequisite. Returning students can sign up to skip the introductory lecture portion. For those of you traveling from out of town, there would be time Friday night to visit a museum open late. Contact the studio or me jodyhanson@verizon.net if you have any questions.

Jody

https://www.bkmetalworks.com/mountmaking-short-course?mc_cid=f586628841&mc_eid=a09e3fb73c

Is anyone interested in participating in a panel discussion at the next IMF conference to talk about their experience with covering their freelance work? Are you an LLC, an S Corp, a sole proprietor, under another entity's insurance umbella, etc ? I'm considering building out an abstract on this topic if other mountmakers can participate and share. The abstract deadline is soon and this would be for a 30 min panel discussion. If interested, please email me jodyhanson@verizon.net

Thanks,

Jody

Back to Basics, Outside the Box

Call for Abstracts

due May 15, 2026

The IMF Steering Committee is pleased to announce the 10^th biennial International Mountmakers Forum conference to be held in San Francisco on November 3-5, 2026, hosted by the Asian Art Museum.

Our theme for IMF2026 is “Back to Basics, Outside the Box”. We hope it will draw topics fundamental to exhibition mountmaking as well as more creative and innovative solutions and techniques that build on those principles.

The conference program will cover three full days. Specific content organization is dependent on the submissions received. The review committee will favor topics that offer practical tips for the emerging mountmaker as well as those that describe more complex solutions and techniques communicated in an accessible fashion.

Hi All,

I'm working to get my museum to budget for the IMF conference this year but I've never been. Anyone have an idea on how much it actually costs to attend the conference? There's not much info on the site yet.

Thanks!