Paintout - Socorro, Historic Downtown - Socorro

Socorro, Historic Downtown

Socorro

Photos by Patrice Walker

Socorro is an eclectic central New Mexico village at the base of the Socorro mountains along the west side of the Rio Grande Valley. There are a number of historic buildings in town including the San Miguel Mission.

Meet at 10: a.m. Sunday, March 17 in the parking lot at the corner of Abeyta and San Miguel Place. San Miguel Mission is just north of this parking lot, and the plaza is a block south.

Vertu Fine Art Gallery at 113 Abeyta will provide restroom facilities and a free cup of coffee from noon until 5 p.m. M Mtn. Coffee on Manazares Street, just south of the plaza, will be open for food/beverages/gelato.

Attendees might also want to meet for after-painting socializing with your fellow painters at Socorro Springs Restaurant (on the east side of the main road into town).

Consider contacting other members to arrange to paint together in Socorro and to carpool.

For more information, create a link to the site's webpage here.

DIRECTIONS:

Directions from Albuquerque on southbound I-25:

1. Take I-25 south to exit 150 at the north end of Socorro.
2. You will be on California which is the main street into town.
3. Follow California south to Abeyta Street and turn right
4. Go to the intersection; this will put you in the center of the downtown historic area.
5. The Plaza is to the south and the historic San Miguel Mission church will be a couple blocks to the north.
6. Park in the lot at the corner of Abeyta and San Miguel Place..

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