Academic Metals Directory · program
Status
Active
What happened
Rio Grande is a jewelry-supply manufacturer and wholesaler (founded 1944, Albuquerque, NM; Berkshire Hathaway-owned since 2013) with an education arm: hands-on and online jewelry-making classes and workshops — enameling, stone setting, metal forming, fabrication — plus a Knowledge Hub and the "Rio for Schools" program. Active and operating (returning to JCK 2026).
Added in the 2026 program review; not in the original 2014 directory.
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