The Dragon Sanctuary

Opening Event for Glad Fryer’s exhibition: What Shall We Do Tomorrow?
2018-05-04 19:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
Come to Glad’s opening event! Jellyfish have got their alcohol licence, so you can enjoy a glass of wine too!
For more information about this exhibition see What Shall We Do Tomorrow?

Cancelled - Mothiur Rahman – The connection between Sufism, Justice and the balancing of The Sacred Masculine and Feminine
2018-04-26 20:30 - 22:30
Unfortunately Mothiur has had to postpone his talk due to family circumstances. We haven’t fixed a new date yet.
Mothiur will speak about his exploration of how Sufism and the masculine and feminine energies can reshape new understandings of justice, using his poetry as a vehicle for expressing some of the sentiments. He is a member of the Mankind Project, was “artist in resident” for a Sufi Conference in Kendall in 2017 that explored the Feminine and Masculine in balance, and took part in a transnational law conference at Kings College in London on “Creating Justice for our Future” . He recently wrote a guest article for a series on The Feminine hosted at St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace in London called “Male Encounters with the Feminine”.
Mothiur is a lawyer by training and is setting up a practice called New Economy Law (https://www.neweconomylaw.org).

The man who found Perfect Joy - Stories from the life of St Francis with Mark Bedford
2018-04-19 20:30 - 22:30
Stories from the early life of the most enduring of saints. St Francis has a lot to say to us in the 21st century. He speaks of our connection with the natural world, about greed and materialism, about the true nature of joy, about finding a path in life and giving everything to that. Mark developed this performance after living near to Assisi for two years and being immersed in the stories and the message of St Francis.
Mark is a storyteller and performer.
Cost £3 including refreshments. Free to Seed Volunteers

The Lost Art Of Listening with Mick Avis and Andrea Kitt
2018-04-12 20:30 - 22:30
As trained counsellors we both appreciate the feeling of being properly `listened to` and of doing the same for others. In this crazy competitive world it is so common to feel in communication combat , struggling with conversation `power struggles.`
Join us in a supportive interactive group and rediscover the simple joy of communication.

Social reading – A talk with Sarah Hopkins
2018-04-05 20:30 - 22:30
What is it? Who reads? How does it work? Who is it for? What do you read?
Social reading is an old and new way of sharing the experience of literature. Sarah would like to tell you about it.
Sarah Hopkins loves literature and work in different health and community contexts as a trained shared reading facilitator.
Cost £3 incl refreshments. Free to Seed volunteers

In Between both sides of my heart
2018-04-03 - 2018-04-29
Opening Event: Saturday 7th April, 4-7pm
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shows a selection of drawings / paintings / photographs that have been created over the last decade.
Deeply touched by the Beauty and Terror of being human and the ongoing inspiration of finding my place and voice in this world, I open myself to give gratitude for Nature and her always inspiring Presence, for the possibility of creating openness and movement , to share and hopefully inspire us to keep on dreaming, creating, celebrating, dancing our quest for more sense of balance in Life.
You are welcome to have a gentle dive into my creations.
Lies Van Hee
Lies Van hee is an artist, a mom, dancer and partner, currently living in the abundant beauty of the Devon Hills and Dartmoor. From a young age, she is deeply touched and inspired by the Beauty and Terror of being human, the state of connection between Humanity and Nature and the ongoing journey of finding her place and voice in this world. In 2007 she receives her masterdegree in Visual Arts with a video/installation/drawings “ Beware of not getting Lost “ and she starts an in depth study into the proces of creation, which led her towards exploration of different workshops, ceremonies, ways of co-creating with other people. In 2010 she and her partner welcome their son into the family. She replaces her studio for one suitcase, travelling through the landscapes of motherhood, relationships, gardening, Nature… Filling those precious moments of space with drawing/silence/dreaming/writing/listening/photograpy/dancing.
At this time she starts to dance on very regular base. The language of her art is changing through movement and dance becomes a very close friend to the visual aspect of her creations.
Her work has been described as “ highly creative and sensitive, opening, reflective, subtle, visionary, moving, powerfull, beyond words, soultouching, Essence, Silence, Poetic, playfull, light, magical, mystical, clear, deeply connected with Nature and Spirit, and a deep exploration of the essence of the elements and our interconnection with them, combining a profound intuitive understanding of our inter dependency with nature and the sacred aspect of it”. www.liesvanhee.com
As ‘artist in residence’ she is part of Middle Earth Medicine Ways, a center founded by Caroline Carey, where you will find internationally run courses in movement and ecstatic dance, with connections to our ancestral stories, to nature and to the elements. A place to learn about your innate creativity, your own healing path, discovering rituals and ceremonial work that is both traditional and new. Through this process and specializing in body (movement) and heart (emotion) centered practices including the deep journey into our shadows, there are many opportunities for personal growth and developing your own journey. The essence of this work is to marry our core wounds with our aspirations to discover our authentic and fully integrated self, thus becoming truly empowered, allowing the soul and the ego to live in harmony. www.middleearthmedicine.com

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Tobias Kaye – The Spiral World in Ancient Ireland
2018-03-29 20:30 - 22:30
Megalithic depictions of life and cosmology
Who were the Celts? How come their wisdom so closely reflected what we are working on now? What can their rock carvings tell us about existence that science missed? Why did they hide their carvings?
Tobias Kaye will explore motifs that run down history with insights into the bible and Steiner’s work from long before either were written.
Tobias was born on a B-D farm in Ireland and has lived in Devon for 35 years. He is known for the Sounding Bowls and has worked with a wide variety of teachings to gain understanding of the secrets within Steiner’s understanding of everyday lifes.
Cost £3 incl refreshments – Free for Seed Volunteers

A talk with Teja Forest – Recovering the Wild Body
2018-03-22 19:30 - 21:30
An experiential journey using meditation and story to explore the connection between body, wild and land. This will include some stories of meetings with wild animals, a discussion of the process of attunement with the land, and practices to facilitate this embodied intelligence.
Teja Forest is currently settling into Devon after the past several years training extensively in the Buddhist tradition and learning from wilderness places (in monasteries, as a monk and forest living). He is currently applying this knowledge in studies of trauma, and work in the healing arts.

Rory Valentine – Raphael and the eternal feminine
2018-03-15 19:30 - 21:30
A richly illustrated talk with a slide presentation showing Raphael’s Madonnas and other paintings related to the eternal feminine.
Rory has an interest in the life and work of the renaissance painter, Raphael, and has given several interesting talks on his work.

Home Herbal Medicine
2018-03-13 18:30 - 20:30
Six part Introduction to Herbal Medicine on Tuesday evenings, with Clare Shippey, Medical Herbalist
We will look at some of the different ways of administering herbs as well as what they are used for. You will learn how to make botanical preparations that can be used in the treatment of everyday ailments. This will include making ointments, tinctures, vinegars, teas, infused oils and syrups.
Over the six weeks we’ll look at the uses of 12 different herbs in some detail. This will include meeting the plants through tea tastings. We will also look at harvesting herbs and safe foraging guidelines.
Cost £150 / £120 concession
Places are limited to 8
Please contact me directly to book:
call 07853 191904
or email rootedherbs@gmail.com
Clare Shippey
Medical Herbalist

Opening Evening - Renewals and Reflections
2018-03-04 18:00 - 21:00 | The Dragon Sanctuary, 34 Bossell Road, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0DD, United Kingdom
Karn writes:
Renewal and Reflections – the cycle of the seasons and now spring bringing forth new life. A new start, a new beginning each day, with the sunrise and the sunset, the stillness of water and the stormy seas.
It is my love of the peace and tranquility we can find in nature that has influenced me in the paintings that I am doing now.
I travelled some years ago with my husband and small children in Europe and North Africa, both of us painted and played music. We spent time in the mountains, the desert and by the sea, and the memories of the places we went to have inspired me in these recent paintings.
Previous to this, I studied ceramics at Art College, worked in potteries in Denmark and at Poole Pottery. I continue to make pottery, both sculptural and functional. I also studied paint effects, finishes and murals, from which I have done several commissions.
My paintings are mostly oil on canvas. I have the good fortune of painting with a lovely group of women and learning techniques from a wonderful mentor whose knowledge is truly inspiring.

Brian writes:
Art is something that I always loved to do – be it painting, pen doodles and the more fine-art based abstract photography. The photography side of things was where I started from (but even then the artwork was always there – sometimes as inspiration to the photos), drawings and abstracts in watercolours and pen and ink, plus a few tentative attempts at putting ideas down on canvas.
The major and more recent “why” comes down to experiencing one of those unwanted, unwelcome and prolonged periods of being out of work some years ago now. And I was looking for something to fill that otherwise dead time whilst waiting to hear about jobs that so often failed to materialise, something that wasn’t too much of a drain on my then limited resources. So painting it was!
Initially starting with a purely abstract – seeing what worked and what didn’t. From there gradually evolving into a more structured approach, but still keeping that abstract feel to what I was doing. Also seeing how that approach worked on found objects like driftwood, as well as doing more traditional – i.e. “proper” paintings – and in the last few months blending these two styles together to see how they worked together – one of which is included in the current exhibition.
I hope you enjoy the exhibition and that the above goes some way to explaining what exactly it is that I do!
For further info/commissions please contact: brian.weatherup@homecall.co.uk
or visit Brian Weatherup on Facebook

Exhibition - Renewal and Reflections
2018-03-03 - 2018-04-01
The Jellyfish gallery and café is open from 12-5pm on Tuesdays to Fridays and 3-6pm on Saturdays
Karn writes:
Renewal and Reflections – the cycle of the seasons and now spring bringing forth new life. A new start, a new beginning each day, with the sunrise and the sunset, the stillness of water and the stormy seas.
It is my love of the peace and tranquility we can find in nature that has influenced me in the paintings that I am doing now.
I travelled some years ago with my husband and small children in Europe and North Africa, both of us painted and played music. We spent time in the mountains, the desert and by the sea, and the memories of the places we went to have inspired me in these recent paintings.
Previous to this, I studied ceramics at Art College, worked in potteries in Denmark and at Poole Pottery. I continue to make pottery, both sculptural and functional. I also studied paint effects, finishes and murals, from which I have done several commissions.
My paintings are mostly oil on canvas. I have the good fortune of painting with a lovely group of women and learning techniques from a wonderful mentor whose knowledge is truly inspiring.

Brian writes:
Art is something that I always loved to do – be it painting, pen doodles and the more fine-art based abstract photography. The photography side of things was where I started from (but even then the artwork was always there – sometimes as inspiration to the photos), drawings and abstracts in watercolours and pen and ink, plus a few tentative attempts at putting ideas down on canvas.
The major and more recent “why” comes down to experiencing one of those unwanted, unwelcome and prolonged periods of being out of work some years ago now. And I was looking for something to fill that otherwise dead time whilst waiting to hear about jobs that so often failed to materialise, something that wasn’t too much of a drain on my then limited resources. So painting it was!
Initially starting with a purely abstract – seeing what worked and what didn’t. From there gradually evolving into a more structured approach, but still keeping that abstract feel to what I was doing. Also seeing how that approach worked on found objects like driftwood, as well as doing more traditional – i.e. “proper” paintings – and in the last few months blending these two styles together to see how they worked together – one of which is included in the current exhibition.
I hope you enjoy the exhibition and that the above goes some way to explaining what exactly it is that I do!
For further info/commissions please contact: brian.weatherup@homecall.co.uk
or visit Brian Weatherup on Facebook
