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Dear Post Family,
The other day you were featured on the BBC with a little clip. That prompted this open letter. For many people in the world, it’s a little snippet. For us, it’s an ode to your ongoing optimism in keeping a positive spin on craft, on valuing the simple idea of making something with your hands and of course for celebrating Chicago. While people complain in the city about the glass ceiling, about the lack of money for the creative industry, the gallery world that is only open to academia and the 1%, you guys have chosen a path of optimism and leadership-by-doing. We often look toward you guys, when hours are long, weeks are hard and paychecks are low. You have saved us many times, when we didn’t know how to make ends meet. You have worked your ***es off with being an example of keeping a positive attitude towards ideas and working. It’s fueled a real community. It’s leveled the field for doing it right, good and honest. You are not keeping busy with labels and managing your pr-image, you just put out. This clip is the result of that positivity. For many years, you gave up your space to artists, curated work, picked up the fiscal reality of those very ideas—where others shy away from. Not many back their talking piece to that kind of action. You have shared resources in so many ways, you will never know. Many try to emulate your success, few succeed. You have shown an ongoing presence in the city, that few have the endurance for. We’ve seen things change through your participation in local publications, local community work, other collectives—like the amazing Quiet Strong. We bow our heads, raise our hats to our family that is always there.

Love,
Nadine and Nick

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