History of the Awards

Greetings! My name is Simon Mallett, and I’m delighted to be the new Executive Director at the Rozsa Foundation. I’ve come to the Foundation from Downstage, a theatre company I founded back in 2004, for which I’ve been the Artistic Director for the past 13 years. I’m an artist – a theatre director specifically – by trade, but my experience has given me a deep appreciation and understanding of the many complex elements that exist throughout the provincial arts landscape. I’m j

Image credit: Tim Nguyen, Citrus Photography It’s interesting to step back and remember where an idea took root. In 2013-14, I took part in the Rozsa Arts Management Program (RAMP) offered through the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business. The highlight of the program for me was working on a season-long Applied Learning Project, for which I focused on ways to remove barriers to attending theatre. Carving out time away from the day-to-day business of running our