My member sheet

Outdoor Arts Italia (former FNAS)

Castellamonte , Italy
Legal status
non-profit organisation
Type of organisation
resource / information provider, umbrella organisation, development agency, network
Main discipline
multidisciplinary
Type of activities
cultural participation projects targeting specific audiences
advocacy
documentation and observation
facilitating professional meetings
financial support
mentoring / practical support
promotion
publishing
training / education / professional
Year established
1999
Circostrada member since
2016
Other networks the organisation belongs to
Contact Person
Eleonora Ariolfo (Director)
Address
27 Piazza della Repubblica
10081, Castellamonte - Italy
+39 348 763 7641

Outdoor Arts Italia ETS (formerly known as FNAS - Federazione Nazionale Arti in Strada) is an Italian umbrella organization for performing arts in public space in Italy. Outdoor Arts Italia focuses on providing support, professionalization, and internationalization opportunities for emerging artists. It operates as an intermediary organization, facilitating connections and collaborations between artists, programmers, curators, and institutions.

Outdoor Arts Italia also promotes cultural exchange and artistic mobility, enabling Italian artists to enforce their protagonism in outdoor arts market. Outdoor Arts Italia considers a vision of outdoor arts as fusion of folk tradition and contemporary innovation, where historical art forms like street art evolve into platforms for linguistic experimentation, modern creativity, and cutting-edge artistic exploration. To achieve this, the organization engages in advocacy and representation, working to ensure that performing arts in public space are recognized as a significant cultural sector with an adequate regulatory framework and financial support.

Outdoor Arts Italia runs a number of projects, including FNAS LAB, a mentoring and creative residency program for artists working in public space. The organization has also developed a digital platform, "Out It", which offers services such as online courses, events, a shared marketplace and specific advice. Outdoor Arts Italia believes in building a strong network among the various stakeholders in the sector and operates with transparency, making its activities and budgets public. Through these initiatives it aims to create a more robust, dynamic and inclusive cultural ecosystem for performing arts in public space in Italy.

FNAS - Fédération Nationale des Arts de la Rue - promeut la mise en réseau des compagnies d’arts de la rue et de cirque contemporain en Italie à travers la recherche d’une meilleure reconnaissance par les institutions. Ses membres sont des artistes, des compagnies, des lieux de diffusion et des festivals.
Depuis 1999 FNAS met en place :

  • Un bureau d’information fiscale, de veille et structuration professionnelle
  • Un programme national annuel de formation
  • Une stratégie sur le long-terme pour introduire des améliorations dans les régulations régionales
  • Des actions de représentation politique et de lobbying national afin d’améliorer le cadre législatif
  • Un annuaire officiel des spectacles d’arts de la rue et de cirque
  • Une plateforme digitale pour la gestion, dans les grandes villes, de la qualification de places pour les arts vivants
  • Un programme pour le soutien de la création contemporaine