History of the Awards

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....

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,...

Guest Post by Tasha Komery, Communications Strategist, Arts Commons If you work in the arts sector, whether as an artist or an arts...

by Simon Mallett The killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis in May has re-ignited conversations around the need for equity and...

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

by Geraldine Ysselstein, Arts Leadership Director It may be challenging to remember a time prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but we believe...

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