History of the Awards

by Lisa Mackay Photo from Olio (the first Relaxed performance show) by Laura Kleiner Expanding Arts Accessibility For Heather Close, a...

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

The Rozsa Foundation is very happy to announce that Samantha MacDonald has joined our team as the new Director of Training. Samantha has...

By Clayton Smith My Rozsa Arts Management Program (RAMP) Capstone Project focused on developing a new stream of accessible audio and...

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

by Lisa Mackay The concept of storytelling in marketing is not new. Most marketers instinctively understand the power of a well-told...

By Lisa Mackay When Toyin Oladele took RAMP (Rozsa Arts Management Program) and began to work on her Capstone Project, few would have...

by Lisa Mackay In September 2022, the Rozsa Arts Management Program (RAMP) will be offered online for arts managers throughout the...

by Lisa Mackay The 2021-2022 Rozsa Arts Management Program (RAMP) session begins at the end of September 2021, and Arts Leadership...

Both the arts and education sectors benefit from school programs offered by Alberta arts organizations, but what more can be done to...

by Lisa Mackay The 2020-2021 Session of the Rozsa Arts Management Program (RAMP) opened with a session on reconciliation and the arts led...

by Lisa Mackay If you ever speak with Wunmi Idowu, you will immediately be struck by her passionate belief in the power of community,...

This autumn, two of the Rozsa Foundation’s Arts Leadership Programs will launch new cohorts in an online format, with additional sessions...

by Ayla Stephen by Ayla Stephen When Geraldine offered me a spot in this year’s Rozsa Arts Management Program (RAMP), I immediately said,...

Fund Development is a hot topic among arts administrators these days, as Alberta continues to weather the on-going economic downturn.

When Toyin Oladele arrived in Calgary in 2017, an unfortunate experience with an agency left Toyin, an already seasoned arts...

Bethany Yon is the Executive Director of Cowtown Opera Company. A passionate leader and manager, Bethany has led in a wide array of...

It’s been one year since I completed the Rozsa Foundation Executive Arts Management program and presented my Action Learning Project - An...

​​​​​​​Each year, participants of the Rozsa Arts Management Program (RAMP) present their organization's board and RAMP faculty with an...

Outside of the executive director, Quickdraw’s employees haven’t traditionally been hired based on their management experience. Our...