History of the Awards

by Mathew Stone, Co-Founder of Stone-Olafson Market research is often seen as a dry, tedious process filled with endless charts, data,...

In 2022, the Rozsa Foundation, Calgary Arts Development, and the Calgary Foundation jointly developed the Future Focus funding program to...

by Lisa Mackay In the last blog post, I included the first part of an article on developing audiences. In it, I suggested that adjusting...

by Lisa Mackay Arts attenders have been declining for many years, and as we know too well by now, the pandemic exacerbated that decline....

2024 Recipient of the Rozsa Foundation Emerging Arts Manager Award The Rozsa Foundation Emerging Arts Manager Award recognizes an...

by Simon Mallett Given the nature of the Rozsa Foundation’s multifaceted support for the arts community, it’s important for us to stay...

by Lisa Mackay Working through a career in marketing and sales at various performing arts organizations, I became increasingly proficient...

By Simon Mallett, Rozsa Foundation Executive Director A couple of newsletters ago, I shared a couple of my key takeaways from my time in...

Applications for the 2024 retreat are now closed. The Alberta Arts Leaders Retreat provides an opportunity for leaders tasked with the...

By Simon Mallett, Rozsa Foundation Executive Director In late March, I was honoured to be invited to Banff to participate in two critical...

The Rozsa Foundation 2023 annual report is now available on our website. 2023 was the first year of our new Strategic Framework, and the...

The current operating context for arts organizations has brought about considerable questions and challenges for arts leaders, from...

Mary Rozsa de Coquet, Mayor Jyoti Gondek, 2023 Rozsa Emerging Arts Manager Award recipient Kadra Yusuf, and Rozsa Foundation Executive...

Hello friends and colleagues, We need your participation! The Rozsa Foundation, in partnership with other Alberta arts funders, is...

It's time for the Alberta government to invest in the arts!

Ciza Zoya joined the Rozsa Foundation staff in March of 2023 as Storytelling Associate. With a first degree in architecture, and a second...

BY MARY ROZSA DE COQUET After twenty years of leading the Rozsa Foundation as President and subsequently as Board Chair since 2017, I was...

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by Lisa Mackay Since January 2022, the Rozsa Foundation staff has grown by 20%. Samuel Obadero joined the foundation as Arts Leadership...

by Lisa Mackay In 2021, the Rozsa Foundation Arts Leadership programs underwent a substantial evaluation and shift in content, the roots...