OUR MISSION:

The purpose of The Rio Grande Rift Institute is to promote hands-on learning in the real world.  We support the transmission of knowledge and skills in traditional arts and crafts inherited from the past, and we probe the future continuation of and innovation in these practices through classes, lectures, demonstrations, and workshops.

Tax deductible donations by check payable to Rio Grande Rift Institute may be mailed to PO Box 248, Dixon, NM 87527-0248, or click the button below.

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2024 mini workshops:

  1. Mold Making in Concrete

  2. Letter Carving in Stone

  3. Welding


    This mini-workshop project is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the National Endowment for the Arts through a grant to The Rio Grande Rift Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting hands-on learning in the real world.

    (See Mini Workshops for details.)

We also offer FULL SCHOLARSHIPS to our stone carving workshops. (See Sax Stone Carving Workshops for details.)

Your donation makes this work possible. Funds will go directly towards sponsoring students. We focus on area students in an effort to expand their options for the future.

Thank you for supporting our mission.

The Rio Grande Rift Institute

a 501(c)3 non-profit organization