DEADLINE ALERT - Call for Abstracts for IMF2026 is THIS FRIDAY, May 15th!
This is the week.
We know you’ve been meaning to get that submission together, and now is the time!
We are looking forward to hearing about all your Back to Basics, Outside the Box ideas, projects, materials, solutions, stories, and tools – so please get them to us by this Friday, May 15th! Remember – the conference is only as good as what our community chooses to share, so help make this conference as good as San Francisco sourdough!
In case you haven’t already heard - The 10th biennial International Mountmakers Forum conference will 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.
Presenters have 4 submission options:
Presentations can be delivered in-person, virtual-live or pre-recorded
Presentation (20 minutes)
Short presentation (under 10 minutes).
Panel with multiple speakers on a single topic (30 minutes)
Poster or demonstration table presentation
Abstracts must specify:
Your submission preference
Provisional title
Names and contact information for each submitter, panelist(s) & moderator
Description not to exceed 400 words
Abstract submissions are due no later than May 15, 2026.
Review decisions will be made and communicated by June 15th.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
The IMF2026 Planning Committee