Street art as a form of socio-educational intervention

This paper aims to highlight the role of street art as a peculiar type of cultural heritage, through which social exclusion can be reduced. The examined case study is Artisti in Piazza – International Festival of Performing Arts, hosted since 1997 by the Italian town of Pennabilli. This project leverages the promotion and development of the territory through cultural and artistic production and represents a unique event that integrates playful and cultural aspects, oriented towards authentic educational actions. These actions are carried out to foster equal and widespread opportunities for access, participation, and representation, without creating cultural boundaries that generate or legitimize inequalities, within communities and between individuals.