History of the Awards

By Lisa Mackay Last fall marked ten years since DJD’s Dancing Parkinson's YYC started as a pilot project. It has now become a regular...

By Afros In Tha City Perpetual Atife (also known as Perpie) is a musician, composer, performer, and arts administrator. In 2019, she...

From left to right Mary Rozsa de Coquet, Mayor Jyoti Gondek, Kadra Yusuf, Simon Mallett. The Rozsa Foundation Emerging Arts Manager Award...

by Katrina Ingram, Ethically Aligned AI and Lisa Mackay, Rozsa Foundation The arrival of ChatGPT and other generative AI technologies has...

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

By Aurora Sol, editor at Afros In The City Andrea Este on managing black film festivals across Canada If you have been in Calgary for...

By Lia Pereira From epic novels to blockbuster movies, there are always those special characters who guide the heroes on their journey:...

Kadra Yusuf is a mixed media artist with a heavy focus on film based in Calgary/ Moh’kinsis and is the inaugural Artistic Director for EMMED

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

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

This story was written by Ado Nkemka, Co-Deputy Editor of Afros in Tha City. Ado is a musician and writer who explores topics on music,...

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 Kodie Rollan was initially hired in the fall of 2019 as a dramaturg, to update the scripted part of the Rozsa Admin...

This story was written by Chris Butler, Co-Deputy Editor of Afros in Tha City. Butler is a poet and essayist who often writes on the...

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

by Lisa Mackay For the upcoming session of Rozsa Arts Fundamentals Training (RAFT)* this fall, the Rozsa Foundation and Arts Leadership...

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 Many in the Calgary and wider Alberta arts community know of the Rozsa Foundation through the Arts Leadership programs....