History of the Awards

by Lisa Mackay Photo from Olio (the first Relaxed performance show) by Laura Kleiner For Heather Close, a participant in the 2021-2022...

by Mathew Stone, Co-Founder of Stone-Olafson Market research is often seen as a dry, tedious process filled with endless charts, data,...

by Lisa Mackay It is the beginning of February and already the year has been full of politics. We can’t expect much of a break from this,...

In 2022, the Rozsa Foundation, Calgary Arts Development, and the Calgary Foundation jointly developed the Future Focus funding program to...

by Ciza Zoya Earlier this November, I had the incredible opportunity to attend the Nonprofit Storytelling Conference in New Mexico. This...

by Lisa Mackay In the last blog post, I included the first part of an article on developing audiences. In it, I suggested that adjusting...

by Lisa Mackay Arts attenders have been declining for many years, and as we know too well by now, the pandemic exacerbated that decline....

By Ciza Zoya A recent article posted on Arts Managed  and compelling statistics from Hill Strategies  shedding light on the state of the...

by Simon Mallett Given the nature of the Rozsa Foundation’s multifaceted support for the arts community, it’s important for us to stay...

by Lisa Mackay Working through a career in marketing and sales at various performing arts organizations, I became increasingly proficient...

by David Maggs,the Metcalf Fellow on Arts & Society The Dilemma Cultural production from cultural non-profit sectors—how arts...

By Simon Mallett, Rozsa Foundation Executive Director A couple of newsletters ago, I shared a couple of my key takeaways from my time in...

By Simon Mallett, Rozsa Foundation Executive Director In late March, I was honoured to be invited to Banff to participate in two critical...

By Lisa Mackay As a part of our strategic planning process in 2022, the Rozsa Foundation invited feedback from our community to help...

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

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 oualie frost, arts editor at Afros in Tha City. frost writes about ​​Black and biracial experiences, mental...

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 For the past few months, the Rozsa Foundation has been sharing research and analysis from Hill Strategies as part of a...