Welcome to La Cueva de Luz
and The Museum of Desert Lights
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For as long as we have walked the Earth, humans have
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found shelter, refuge, and community in caves.
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And, as we know from the many Late Stone Age (40,000 - 10,000 BCE) paintings discovered in
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the caves at Lascaux in France and Altamira in Spain, among many other places, caves are
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where we first expressed our innate need to create “art.”
It is with these thoughts in mind that I created La Cueva de Luz (in English, The Cave of Light),
intending it as a peaceful and art-filled shelter, refuge, and gathering spot for all to enjoy.
As to the art, La Cueva de Luz is home to The Museum of Desert Lights, consisting of over
seventy illumintated sculptures that I have made out of old, discarded pieces of metal
I found on the land around Bishop, California, owned by the City of Los Angeles.
Although I just think they are nice to look at, it is not difficult to see the sculptures
as a metaphor for our existence: we are made, we are born, we grow, we learn,
we end up performing some function, along the way getting a little battered and bruised,
then we wear out and die, often buried in the dirt; but the shining
soul that God gave us remains, it survives our bodies and lives in eternity.
La Cueva de Luz and The Museum of Desert Lights are dedicated to
the memory of my parents, Henry and Eileen Berrey, two extraordinary and wonderful people
who gave me a beautiful home - a "cave" - in Yosemite Valley in which to grow up, allowing me
to see so profoundly that God is the greatest and ultimate artist.
Whether you are a visitor to Bishop or a denizen of the area, I invite you to stop by and experience
La Cueva de Luz and The Museum of Desert Lights.
Thank You! Allen Berrey
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MUSEUM HOURS
THURSDAY - MONDAY 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY CLOSED
ADMISSION IS FREE
DONATIONS ARE WELCOME