Outdoor Arts Portugal
Outdoor Arts Portugal is based on a network of partnerships and collaborations on an international scale, generating opportunities for maximizing the project actions. The activities are mainly developed based on partnerships with national artistic and production stakeholders, as well as a wide range of international collaborations that enable the opening of the national sector to foreign markets in different contexts, enhancing opportunities in the international dimension.
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Information and resources sharing
Outdoor Arts Portugal provides news and alerts about opportunities, events and resources related to artistic creation in public space and contemporary circus, including regular updates of the digital platform, a monthly newsletter with specialized information and a section of useful professional resources for artistic work in these disciplines.
Capacity building
Outdoor Arts Portugal provides an annual capacity building plan for Portuguese artistic and production stakeholders, targeting strategic themes, good creative practices and also the environmental and human dimensions. Additionally, through an international partnership network, it creates conditions to access relevant international programs in the defined training plan.
Advocay
Outdoor Arts Portugal develops strategic actions aimed at different target audiences with a view to support the integrated sectoral development of artistic creation in the public space, with a special focus on aesthetic and dramaturgical innovation and strategic mediation actions for the audience development, namely in their introduction to contemporary arts. Its activity aims at the continuous evolution of the political and social recognition, contributing to the legitimacy of the sector on a national scale, in line with its European counterparts.
Research
Outdoor Arts Portugal contributes to creative and academic research in the field of artistic creation in public space and contemporary circus, disseminating ongoing projects and relevant opportunities, as well as international results and good practices. Also promotes its own editorial line aligned with the project's strategic priorities and the most current political and social concerns, contributing to the mission of art in public space as a transformation agent.
Sectorial database
The Outdoor Arts Portugal interactive map constitutes a unique sectoral database in Portugal, in strategic alignment with European priorities for mapping and (re)knowledge of artistic agents. Categorized into five typologies - artists, festivals, creation spaces, training and umbrella organizations - the database also includes a factsheet of artistic creations, available in a bilingual model, promoting integrated international communication.
National and international networks
Supported by the international vision promoted by Bússola, Outdoor Arts Portugal takes part in different European networks and platforms, collaborating with multiple international projects aligned with the priorities of legitimizing artistic creation in the public space and circus as dimensions of contemporary arts. In addition to participation in international networks - Circostrada Network, IETM, IN-SITU, N.I.C.E. - Outdoor Arts Portugal takes active roles in cooperation projects and informal collaborative networks.