{"id":2284,"date":"2012-10-18T01:03:03","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T01:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2012\/10\/18\/richard-newton-the-grotto\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T17:52:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T17:52:20","slug":"richard-newton-the-grotto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/richard-newton-the-grotto","title":{"rendered":"Richard Newton: The Grotto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full tmblr-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/image-4.png 500w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/image-4-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usaprojects.org\/project\/the_grotto\"><\/a>Thirty years after its first installation in Los Angeles\u2019 Skid Row in 1982, \u201cThe Grotto\u201d by Richard Newton is seeking funds to reemerge through future installations at various locations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In 1982, an apparition was seen in an abandoned Skid Row storefront in downtown Los Angeles.&nbsp; The Grotto was constructed on the site of this apparition, Our Lady who Thirsted.&nbsp; The walls, ceiling, and floors of The Grotto were made entirely of recycled beer cans.&nbsp; Beer seeped down the walls and dripped from the ceiling into a well built to hold the holy beer.&nbsp; The Grotto was open to all and welcomed all to refresh themselves.&nbsp; The materials used to construct the original Grotto were eventually recycled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your financial donations are needed to construct The Grotto in a flexible and modular form that will allow it to travel and be exhibited within a wide range of venues.&nbsp; It is also my desire to create a sanctuary that may grow and become inclusive of new stories, remembered faces and memories of lost lives.&nbsp; The Grotto is meant to be a place of beauty, calm and restoration.&nbsp; However, it is also a place filled with dark corners and bittersweet temptations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>- Richard Newton, via&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usaprojects.org\/project\/the_grotto\">usaprojects.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about Richard Newton\u2019s \u201cThe Grotto\u201d please visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usaprojects.org\/project\/the_grotto\">www.usaprojects.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Newton was one of the first artists to show at L.A. 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