Arts, Crafts, & Technology Micro-manufacturing Centre

艺术、工艺和技术微制造中心（ACTMC）将传统工艺与现代制造技术相结合，在加拿大北极西部的波弗特三角洲地区创造一个独特的创新机会。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艺术和手工艺品生产历史。来自世界各地的艺术收藏家和游客对这些文化产品有很高的需求，而且随着该地区旅游业的发展，这种需求只会增加。由于目前每件作品都需要投入大量的时间和精力，艺术家们无法跟上这些不断增长的需求。此外，制作文化物品（材料和设备）所需的高成本以及他们工作的低利润使艺术家们望而却步。ACTMC是由西北地区因努维克的奥罗拉学院领导的一项倡议，与地区和土著政府和组织合作。它将为博福特三角洲的艺术家提供设备和技术，使他们能够以新的、更具成本效益的方式创作文化产品。此外，协会亦会提供培训、指导、技术支援、研究服务及业务发展资源，以支持区内工艺美术界的发展。它将帮助艺术家满足对正宗本土和北方文化产品日益增长的需求，也将成为地区工艺美术产业的经济发展工具和创新推动者。

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.