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Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center
The Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center (YPCC), also known as ''Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center and Museum'', formerly known as the ''Yup'ik Museum, Library, and Multipurpose Cultural Center'' (or ''Facility''), is a non-profit cultural center of the Yup'ik (and sometimes Alaskan Athabaskan of the region) culture centrally located in Bethel, Alaska near the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Kuskokwim Campus and city offices.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Yup'iit Piciryarait Cultural Center dedicated in Bethel )〕 The center is a unique facility that combines a museum, a library, and multi-purpose cultural activity center including performing arts space, for cultural gatherings, feasts, celebrations, meetings and classes.〔 and that celebrates the Yup'ik culture and serves as a regional cultural center for Southwest Alaska.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Yup’iit Piciryarait Museum, Bethel )〕 The name of ''Yupiit Piciryarait'' means "Yup'iks' customs" in Yup'ik language and derived from ''piciryaraq'' meaning "manner; custom; habit; tradition; way of life"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Resource Details - Alaska Native Language Archive )〕 Construction of this cultural facility was completed in 1995, funded through a State appropriation of federal funds. Total cost for construction was $6.15 million.〔 The center was jointly sponsored by the Association of Village Council Presidents (AVCP) and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)〔 and at the present the center operated by the UAF's Kuskokwim Campus, AVCP and City of Bethel.〔 The building houses three community resources: the Consortium Library, the Yup'ik Museum, and the Multi-purpose room or auditorium.〔 The mission of the center is promote, preserve and develop the traditions of the Yup'ik through traditional and non-traditional art forms of the Alaska Native art, including arts and crafts, performance arts, education, and Yup'ik language. The center also supports local artists and entrepreneurs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=YPCC )〕
==Architecture==
The Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center was built in 1994‐95 to be a community and regional asset. The architectural design of the facility celebrates the Yup'ik culture and designed by Livingston Slone Architects of Anchorage.〔 In keeping with the preservation and conservation of the Yup'ik culture, Yup'ik themes such as the double circle motif or circle-and-dot design (''ellanguaq'' sg ''ellanguat'' pl in Yup'ik) like Yup'ik masks that represent the cosmos and earth, are incorporated into architectural elements throughout the building, such as the ceiling patterns and light fixtures.〔〔 The performing arts space includes a platform for dancing that is located under a raised ceiling designed to refer to the Yup'ik qasgiq (traditional large semisubterranean men's community house), the museum provides exhibit space for Alaska Native arts and crafts and support spaces and storage areas are environmentally controlled to assure proper storage of artifacts and artwork.〔
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