Arts, Crafts, & Technology Micro-manufacturing Centre

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• 批准号: 529913-2018
• 负责人: SeccombeHett, Pippa
• 金额: $ 25.82万
• 依托单位: Aurora College
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Technology Access Centre
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=719637
• 关键词: Arts; Crafts; Technology; Micro; manufacturing

The Arts, Crafts, & Technology Micro-manufacturing Centre (ACTMC) will combine traditional arts and crafts with modern manufacturing technologies to create a unique innovation opportunity in the Beaufort Delta Region of Canadas Western Arctic.The Beaufort Delta is a culturally rich region with a long history of traditional Indigenous arts and crafts production. These cultural products are in high demand by art collectors and tourists from around the world, and this demand is only increasing as tourism increases in the region. Artists are unable to keep pace with these increasing demands due to the high investment of time and effort that each piece currently requires. Also, artists are discouraged by the high costs required to produce cultural items (materials and equipment), and low profit margins on their work.The ACTMC in an initiative led by Aurora College in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, in partnership with territorial and Indigenous governments and organizations. It will provide artists in the Beaufort Delta with access to equipment and technologies that can be used to create cultural products in new and morecost-effective ways. The ACTMC will also provide training, mentorship, technical support, research services, and business development resources to support the arts and crafts sector of the regional economy. It will help artists meet the growing demand for authentic Indigenous and northern cultural products, and also serve as an economic development tool and innovation enabler for the regional arts and crafts industry.

艺术、手工艺和技术微型制造中心（ACTMC）将传统艺术和手工艺与现代制造技术相结合，为加拿大北极西部的博福特三角洲地区创造独特的创新机会。博福特三角洲是一个文化丰富的地区，拥有悠久的传统土著手工艺生产历史。来自世界各地的艺术收藏家和游客对这些文化产品的需求量很大，而且随着该地区旅游业的增长，这种需求只会不断增加。由于目前每件作品都需要投入大量时间和精力，艺术家无法跟上这些日益增长的需求。此外，艺术家们还因制作文化物品（材料和设备）所需的高成本以及作品的低利润率而感到沮丧。ACTMC 是西北地区伊努维克奥罗拉学院与地区和原住民政府和组织合作发起的一项倡议。它将为博福特三角洲的艺术家提供设备和技术，用于以更具成本效益的新方式创造文化产品。 ACTMC 还将提供培训、指导、技术支持、研究服务和业务开发资源，以支持区域经济的艺术和手工艺部门。它将帮助艺术家满足对正宗土著和北方文化产品日益增长的需求，并作为地区艺术和手工艺产业的经济发展工具和创新推动者。