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Join us October 3-4, 2025 in Huntsville, Alabama for the
2025 MSA Confab!
We're excited to offer a range of programing and opportunities including three exhibitions, two workshops, a lively panel discussion, a Keynote address by Isaac Duncan III, and the annual Member's Meeting lunch.
Packed with lectures, panels, workshops and exhibition opportunities, the 2025 MSA Confab is a chance to meet, explore, create and connect with MSA members and the Huntsville community.
For detailed information on programming, visit the Confab webpage at https://www.midsouthsculpture.org/Confab-2025.
Silent Auction Saturday, October 4th during the Masters Award dinner at Straight to Ale.
Bring memorabilia, materials, tools, and artwork to be auctioned off.
Proceeds benefit the Scholarship fund.
CONFAB SCHEDULE
(subject to change)
Friday, October 3rd
8:00am-11:00am
Workshop - Documenting the Wild: A Field Study at Monte Sano State Park.
12:00pm-3:00 pm
Registration
1:00pm-3:00pm
Workshop - UAH Alien Invasion: Scrap Sculpture Showdown on campus
4:00pm-6:00pm
Receptions:
Outdoor exhibition
Indoor exhibition
7:00pm-9:00pm
Dine around dinners
Saturday, October 4th
8:30am-2:00pm
Registration
8:30am-11:00am
Coffee service
9:00am-9:15am
Opening remarks
9:30am-10:30am
Panel discussion - Public Art, Public Spaces
10:45am-12:15pm
Keynote presentation
12:30am-1:30pm
Members meeting, lunch
3:00pm-5:00pm
Scholarship presentations
Scholarship exhibition reception
6:00pm-9:00pm
Masters Award dinner
Silent auction
Sunday, October 5th
Scholarship exhibition pickup
ABOUT CONFAB 2025
Keynote Speaker Isaac Duncan III
We are thrilled to announce the confirmation of Isaac Duncan III as our keynote speaker for Confab 2025!
Isaac Duncan III is a Chattanooga-based artist of Caribbean decent who grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Duncan received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame, his Certification of Secondary Art Education from St. Mary's College, and his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Kentucky. His mentors include Richard Hunt, John Henry, Robert Stackhouse and Carol Mickett.
Duncan's large scale sculptures have been collected by Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, Hamilton, Ohio, Lexington Diagnostic Center, Kentucky, African-American Heritage Center, Kentucky, Columbia State College, Tennessee, City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Erlanger Children’s Hospital Kennedy Outpatient Center and Le Domaine Forget, Quebec, Canada and numerous private art collectors. He was a recipient of the Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship for 2017.
Isaac is a past President of Mid-South Sculpture Alliance and former board member of Sculpture Fields at Montague Park, Association for Visual Artists, and ArtsBuild. He currently sits on the Boards of the International Sculpture Center and StoveWorks, and serves on granting committees for the Tennessee Arts Commission.