Application for Entry in the Provincial Register of Artists

Article 21 ter of Provincial Law no. 15 of 3 October 2007 'Disciplina delle attività culturali' (Regulation of cultural activities) establishes the Provincial Register of Artists, entrusting the Provincial Council with the task of determining, by means of its own resolution, approved after obtaining the opinion of the competent permanent committee of the Provincial Council, the modalities for the keeping and functioning of the Register.

By Resolution No. 1781 of 21/11/2025, the Council approved the 'Criteria for the Registration, Operation and Control of the Provincial Register of Artists'.

Entry in the Register is one of the prerequisites for access to the support measures provided by the Province under Regional Law no. 4 of 20 November 2020, as amended, 'Intervention of a social security nature in favour of artists'.

Regional Law no. 4 of 20 November 2020, as amended and supplemented, provides for an intervention of a social security nature in favour of artists and is aimed at incentivising this category of workers to supplement their so-called first pillar with a supplementary social security system, constituting the legal basis for the processing of the data contained in the Register.

By Resolution No. 1804 of 21/11/2025, the Council appointed the Commission of Experts whose task is to assess the existence of the requirements for registration.

Entry in the Provincial Register is valid for five years. The year of validity starts from the date of adoption of the determination of the manager of the competent provincial service that orders the registration.

The performer entered in the Register must promptly communicate, using the appropriate form, to the competent provincial service to which he has applied for entry in the Register, any loss or change in the requirements that determined his entry and/or any change in his personal data. The loss of the requisites entails cancellation from the Register, and the modification of the same may lead to a new assessment by the Assessment Board.

In order to be entered in the Register, the applicant must reside in the Province of Trento and professionally exercise one or more of the following artistic activities listed in Article no. 4 of the Criteria:

a) Visual Arts, which groups: painting, sculpture, drawing, engraving and photography.

b) Contemporary languages grouping: installation art, conceptual art, performance art, video art, digital art/new media art, street art/graffiti, body art, land art, relational and participatory art and environmental/ecological art.

c) Applied and decorative arts grouping: ceramics, goldsmithing, mosaics, furniture and interior design, weaving and textile art, calligraphy and miniature art, mask making and stage costumes.

d) Performing arts, which groups: theatre, dance, music, circus and travelling shows.

e) Literary arts grouping: poetry, fiction and dramaturgy.

f) Audiovisual Arts, which includes: cinema, animation, augmented reality and virtual reality.

Applicants wishing to apply for inclusion in the Register must submit an application, duly stamped, to the competent provincial department using the form approved for this purpose by the Director of that department and available in the "Forms" section of the Autonomous Province of Trento's institutional website.

Applications must be submitted by the deadline set out in the specific notice prepared by the Director of the Cultural Activities and Production Service.

Applications must be submitted by one of the following methods

(a) by direct delivery to the competent provincial service (or to the provincial public assistance and information desks if indicated in the Notice referred to in the preceding paragraph)
b) by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt, the date of the postmark of the accepting post office being taken as proof of admission;
c) by telematic means to the certified e-mail box serv.attcult@pec.provincia.tn.it in accordance with the provisions of the Provincial Directives concerning telematic communications between the provincial administration and its public and private interlocutors.

The application must be accompanied by the documentation defined in the application form approved by the head of the competent provincial service, i.e:

-photocopy of the applicant's identity document (only if the application is signed with a handwritten signature and sent by postal service or email);

-curriculum vitae;

-any other documentation deemed useful.

Applications for entry in the Register must reach the Cultural Activities and Production Service between 20 January and 26 February 2026