History of the Awards

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...

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

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 Lisa Mackay Calgary, a city that is increasingly known for its diverse cultural landscape, has seen remarkable growth in its Black...

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,...

This story was written by Aurora, Music Editor at Afros in Tha City. Aurora is a musician, producer and DJ with a background in...

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

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 As funders and arts organizations focus their attention on creating more equitable, diverse, and inclusive environments...

by Lisa Mackay Granting programs are at the very core of the Rozsa Foundation. The foundation has been awarding grants to Calgary arts...

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

By Lisa Mackay Stephen Schroeder received the Rozsa Award for Excellence in Arts Management in 2006. At the time he was Executive...

Guest Post by Skye Lewis Screenprinting from Scratch is an online course on the basic principles of screen printing, designed to provide...

By Lisa Mackay 2020 is a strange year, no question. The early anxiety and bewilderment of March and April has transitioned into a summer...

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

By Geraldine Ysselstein A lot of what we learn in the arts is through mentorship; whether formally or informally, from our board,...

As a part of our third cohort of the Rozsa Executive Arts Leadership (REAL) program, we challenged our participants to work in pairs to...

Presented by Erin MacLean-Berko (Spiritus Chamber Choir and Calgary Boys’ Choir) and Tony McGrath (The GRAND) As a result of the final...