Bringing together the international mountmaking community
The 10th International Mountmakers Forum
"Back to Basics, Outside the Box"
will be held November 3-5, 2026 in San Francisco, California
at 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.
SUGGESTED HOTELS
Hotel Zoe (Fisherman's wharf)
425 North Point,
San Francisco, CA 94133
Direct: 415.561.1100
info@hotelzoesf.com
Hotel Zephry
(Fisherman's wharf)
Bei Hotel
(walking distance
from AAM)
Yotel
(Japantown)
1095 Market Street,
San Francisco, CA 94103
Direct: 415.829.0000
sanfrancisco.contact@yotel.com
Hotel Kabuki
(Japantown)
1625 Post Street,
San Francisco, CA 94115
Direct: 415.922.3200
kabukifrontdesk@jdvhotels.com
GUIDELINES FOR PRESENTERS
POSTER GUIDELINES
Please review the below PDF for Physical & Virtual Posters:
POWERPOINT GUIDELINES
Please review the below PDF for
Powerpoint Guidelines:
ZOOM CHECKLIST
Please review the below PDF for
Powerpoint Guidelines:
AGENDA
TUESDAY, Day 1
NOVEMBER 3
Opening Remarks by Sheila Payaqui, Head of Conservation, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
MORNING SESSION
Mountmaking at Asian Art Museum
Vincent Avalos, Conservation Mountmaker, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
Controlled Sliding-Based Seismic Protection of Freestanding Museum Artifacts: A Study on Burnt City Pottery
Ali Tarmigh
Dr. Ömer Dabanli
MOUNTMAKING: A school where teachers are the community
Pierre Luc Brouillette
How to use 4 basic materials to install 700 objects in 5 days
Manda Remmen
Hart Krypilo
A Foggy Process: Making Mounts With Low Visibility
Eric Hammesfahr
The Mounting a Qing Dynasty Ceremonial Armor
Corine Siegmund
Creating, Preparing and Installing exhibits in a museum without walls
Roman Korolev
Positives and Negatives: Magnet Stories from NMAI
Shelly Uhlir
Caitlin Mahony
Céline Wachsmuth
Robert Patterson
AFTERNOON SESSION
Building Support: An International Partnership in Mountmaking Practice
Nick Clemens
Câtâlin Burtea
New Ways, Old Ways
Mathew Cumbie
The Setup is Everything! Reassembling a Korean Buddhist Bronze
Jody Hanson
Mounting Movement: Bringing Hula Regalia to Life in Ea Mai ‘Eiwa
Kupai Marx
Remarks by BJ Farrar & Peter Rosen
Panel Discussion: IMF: Past, Present, and Future
Moderated by Sheila Payaqui
Closing Remarks by Sheila Payaqui
WEDNESDAY, Day 2
NOVEMBER 4
Welcome Back remarks by Sheila Payaqui
MORNING SESSION
Bringing Artist Books to Life: Object Mounting Strategies for Complex Book Structures in Paper Universe
Kiki Lawler
Dominique Moussou
Aluminum Book Cradles: a non-toxic, sustainable alternative to plastics
Barry Russakis
Kevin Young
Repurposing Insect Pins: Precision Mounting Techniques for Jewellery and Lightweight Artefacts
Rasyiqah Nabilah (Syiqah)
A Reversible Mechanical System for Interchangeable Hanging Scroll Knobs
Philip Brutz
Mountmaking as Medium
Takming Chuang
Mom Said to Share: DIY mount padding and alphabet blanks
Erika Johnson
Jen Simons
AIC Materials Working Group
Jennifer Bosworth
Theresa Vollinger
Peter Rosen
Jack of All Trades
Nick Blythe
The Importance of Installation Templates and How to Make Good Ones
Earl Lock
Ring Bearer: Mounting a Tree Slice at Green-Wood Cemetery Tree Slice at Green-Wood Cemetery
Sev Gedra
Matt Sears
Access Calling: A Conservation Treatment Prioritizing Future Accessibility
Lisa May
Basics of methods and materials around museum habitats, exhibitions and aquariums
Michael Hubbard
Ian Hart
From Broken to Rebuilt: 3D scanning and printing as a solution for irreparable specimen damage
Joeske Voets
AFTERNOON SESSION
Introduction of Posters and Demonstrations by Vincent Avalos
From Timber to Aluminium: Developing Crate Systems for Active Storage
Sunhee Moon
Yiqing Wang
From Storage to Display: Conservation-Oriented Mounting Solutions for
Medieval Seals
Andrea Busto
Building the Exhibition: Celtic Art Across the Ages: Mounts, Meetings, Mock-ups, Micro-climates, Acts of God (and man)
Karen Gausch
Wedgular: Developing a Modular, Sustainable Book Cradle System at the State Library of New South Wales
Kiki Lawler
Dominique Moussou
Samurai armor
Denise Migdail
Demonstration of Apps
Philip Brutz
One Object, One Position: Modular storage for fragile objects
Antonie Jonges
Closing Remarks by Vincent Avalos
THURSDAY, Day 3
NOVEMBER 5
TOUR DAY
Tours will be available by sign up for the following:
Asian Art Museum facilities