Join us to meet the participants behind "IFeel Monsters" and to listen to an artist talk with Enchanted Dichotomy where they will tell you about the inspiration and process behind this community project. The artist talk starts at 7:15 PM and will end with Enchanted Dichotomy gifting each monster to a person who has been affected by bullying in collaboration with The Bullying Recovery Resource Center based in Denver.

IFeel Monsters is a community project inspired by soft sculptures created by Enchanted Dichotomy. Last spring Enchanted Dichotomy began teaching the process of making the monsters to other artists, Access staff, and volunteers during biweekly workshops: first how to make the stuffed body on a round knitting loom, next how to add hair, and finally adding a happy face on one side and a sad face on the other using various crafting hardware.

Enchanted Dichotomy first created an IFeel Monster at an eating disorder treatment center where a peer taught them how to loom knit beanies. They then used their new skill to turn the beanie into a stuffie with one side depicting simply "I’m okay" the other side "I’m not okay." After a loving response from their friend and from the other patients, Enchanted Dichotomy began to make IFeel Monsters individualized to each person.

All of the IFeel Monsters will be gifted to a person who has been affected by bullying. This is in collaboration with The Bullying Recovery Resource Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing the resources, education and advocacy needed to stop bullying and stem the long-term effects that bullying has on its targets.

Enchanted Dichotomy states, “When we are bullied our voice can be silenced. It takes time for us to find our voice again or simply remember that we have one in the first place.”