Rozsa Foundation

10/09/2026

📢 Applications are now open for the next Rozsa Essentials of Arts Administration

Are you an emerging arts professional looking to build your skills and knowledge in arts administration?

Essentials is designed for early-career arts professionals, including artists, cultural professionals, arts managers, consultants, and community leaders.

Through an engaging fictional case study, participants will explore key aspects of arts administration, including organizational structures, board development, financial management, strategic planning, project management, and community engagement.

With discussions, role-playing, and group activities, Essentials offers a hands-on approach to learning and building practical skills.

📅 January 11, 13, 18 & 20, 2027
💻 Virtual
⏰ 10 AM – 2 PM MST

Ready to take the next step in your arts administration journey?

Applications are now open!

Learn more and apply through our website or visit the link in our bio.
https://www.rozsafoundation.com/essentials
Application deadline: Friday, November 6, 2026 by 5 pm Mountain Time

10/08/2026

Another story from our Funding Stories series ✨

What does it take to move from considering dissolution to finding a path toward sustainability?

For GRAND Theatre Society , it meant taking a closer look at what was working, testing new approaches, and making decisions grounded in evidence.

With support through Future Focus Funding, The GRAND explored an integrated model across cinema, bar +hospitality, and vendor partnerships, testing how each could contribute to a more sustainable future.

Scroll through the carousel to learn more about The GRAND’s challenges, strategies, and learning and impact.
Also, read the full story in our 2025 Rozsa Review Annual Report :
https://www.rozsafoundation.com/_files/ugd/9e6573_c1f0de9caa7047ffadec7a1de2d5f5d4.pdf

Learn more about Future focus funding here : https://www.rozsafoundation.com/future-focus-main-page

Calgary Arts Development Calgary Foundation

10/07/2026

That’s a wrap on Arts Day on the Hill 2026

Lisa Mackay represented the Rozsa Foundation at the 22nd annual Arts Day on the Hill in Ottawa, joining artists, arts leaders, and organizations from across Canada to advocate for a strong and sustainable arts and culture sector.

Over two days, delegates met with MPs, Senators, and government representatives on Parliament Hill, bringing forward the priorities and perspectives of Canada’s arts and culture sector.

This year’s advocacy included a call for a permanent $140 million increase to the Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada to help strengthen the sector and support artists and arts organizations across the country.

📸 Pictured: Breanne Harmon (.harmon, , ), Lisa Mackay (, ), and Leslie Hurtig ().

Learn more about this advocacy work and follow the Canadian Arts Coalition/Coalition canadienne des arts for updates, resources, and more from Arts Day on the Hill: canadianartscoalition.com

📸 Screenshots courtesy of the Canadian Arts Coalition.

09/28/2026

September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day, this day is intended to honour the children who never returned home and survivors of residential schools, as well as to recognize the intergenerational impacts of residential schools on individuals, families, and communities.

For those looking for opportunities to gather, listen, learn, and reflect, several events are taking place across Calgary on September 30:

Orange Shirt Day at The Confluence
9:00–10:30 a.m. | The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland
A commemorative gathering featuring speakers, a moment of silence, cultural performances, youth voices, and a round dance.

Pokaiks 10th Annual Walk & Gathering
Peace Bridge → Contemporary Calgary
A commemorative walk and gathering honouring children past, present, and future in the spirit of truth and reconciliation.

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at Werklund Centre
A day of free programming centred on Indigenous ways of knowing and being, including Indigenous art, storytelling, an Indigenous Makers Market, and opportunities for learning and reflection.

Truth & Reconciliation Powwow at Heritage Park
4:00–9:00 p.m. | Heritage Park
An evening of culture and community, including a powwow, live music and performances, and an Indigenous Market.

Reconciliation extends beyond September 30. We encourage our community to take time to listen to Indigenous voices, learn about the history and ongoing impacts of residential schools, and consider how each of us can contribute to reconciliation through our work and everyday actions.

Find additional events and information through the City of Calgary’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation resources:https://www.calgary.ca/content/www/en/home/major-projects/truth-and-reconciliation.html

Photo : Screengrab from City of Calgary website

09/24/2026

Help shape the future of creative space in Calgary!

Our friends at The GRAND are exploring what a 12,000-square-foot space next door to their venue, known as the L-Block, could become for Calgary’s creative community.

In partnership with Allied, owner of the historic Lougheed Building, The GRAND is inviting artists and arts, cultural, and community organizations to share their experiences finding and renting space in Calgary, and what they would need from a future creative hub.

Your perspectives will help The GRAND better understand what affordable, accessible, and genuinely useful creative space could look like in our city.

📝 Take the survey through the link here : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2N-_tIL3kKKj2dXyFhT-TNGpGiNj7UBL1i-zT-blmLpFnWQ/viewform
📅 Survey closes October 2.

Participants can also enter for a chance to win a full-day rental at The GRAND.

If you’re an artist or part of an arts, cultural, or community organization in Calgary, consider adding your voice and share the survey with others in your network.

In partnership with Allied, owner of the historic Lougheed Building, The GRAND is exploring how the flexible, neighbouring L-Block could respond to Calgary’s creative space needs and expand opportunities for artists and arts organizations. This fall, The GRAND is collecting community experiences w...

09/24/2026

Voice Your Support for the Arts In Calgary

This fall, City Council will be deliberating and voting on the next City budget. We want to make sure that funding arts and culture is on the list and top of mind for Councillors. You can help by letting them know that as a constituent of the City, arts funding matters to you!
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By following the link below, you can easily send a letter to your Ward Councillor, the Mayor, and City Administration asking for an increase in arts funding in the next budget. The arts sector in Calgary is essential to the City's current and future vitality, and needs to be continually funded as a crucial piece of the City's Social Infrastructure. Rising costs of production, venue maintenance, artist and arts manager salaries, and general cost of living are straining budgets in the arts, yet municipal funding supports have not addressed this or other financial challenges.
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You can send the letter as is or with any edits you wish to make. Use your voice to support the arts!

Creative Calgary

Send your letter : https://www.creativecalgary.org/general-8

09/23/2026

Our friends at Safe Music Inc. (SMI) are launching a new webinar series exploring psychological, social, and physical safety in music work and learning space,and the first session is coming soon!

📅 Monday, October 5

We’re especially excited to see a familiar face on the panel: Jeanne LeSage, one of the session facilitators for our Horizons of Arts Leadership training program.

Jeanne will be joined by Dusty Kelly from the Toronto Musicians’ Association, Susan Eldridge, and Calgary-based certified counsellor Lindsay Hukulak for a conversation about creating safer, healthier music workplaces and learning environments.

The session will explore about musician union & employers safety responsibilities, how to respond when someone speaks to you about harm, impact of trauma on the individual .For arts managers, leaders, educators, musicians, and others working across the music sector, this is a great opportunity to learn, ask questions, and consider how we can contribute to safer and healthier working environments.

And this is just the beginning! SMI will continue the series throughout 2027 with webinars focused on safety in teaching and practice spaces, freelance environments, leadership and mental health, and Canada Safe Sport.

Learn more and register through Safe Music Inc.https://www.safemusic.ca/register-here-for-free-webinar-series.html

09/23/2026

We’re thrilled to celebrate Mary Rozsa de Coquet, who has been presented with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra ’s prestigious Golden Baton.

The Golden Baton recognizes more than financial contributions; it celebrates the giving of time, talent, and treasure and the many ways people can show up for and strengthen their arts community.

In speaking about why the arts matter, Mary shared a sentiment that deeply resonates with us at the Rozsa Foundation:
“The arts are like water. They flow everywhere and they’re absolutely necessary for life.”

This recognition is especially meaningful for the Rozsa family. Mary’s parents, Ted and Lola Rozsa, were the first recipients of the Golden Baton in 2000, and their deep commitment to Calgary’s arts community continues through Mary’s own extraordinary contributions.

Congratulations, Mary. We are so grateful for your leadership, generosity, and unwavering belief in the power of the arts. Your commitment continues to inspire and motivate all of us at the Rozsa Foundation and across Calgary’s arts community.

Screengrab from the Calgary Herald. Photo courtesy of Jim Wells/Postmedia.

09/23/2026

We’re thrilled to celebrate Mary Rozsa de Coquet, who has been presented with the Calgary Philharmonic’s prestigious Golden Baton.

The Golden Baton recognizes more than financial contributions; it celebrates the giving of time, talent, and treasure and the many ways people can show up for and strengthen their arts community.

In speaking about why the arts matter, Mary shared a sentiment that deeply resonates with us at the Rozsa Foundation:
“The arts are like water. They flow everywhere and they’re absolutely necessary for life.”

This recognition is especially meaningful for the Rozsa family. Mary’s parents, Ted and Lola Rozsa, were the first recipients of the Golden Baton in 2000, and their deep commitment to Calgary’s arts community continues through Mary’s own extraordinary contributions.

Congratulations, Mary. We are so grateful for your leadership, generosity, and unwavering belief in the power of the arts. Your commitment continues to inspire and motivate all of us at the Rozsa Foundation and across Calgary’s arts community.

Read more here : https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/calgary-philharmonic-presents-mary-rozsa-de-coquet-with-golden-baton-for-philanthropy

Screengrab from the Calgary Herald. Photo courtesy of Jim Wells/Postmedia.

09/21/2026

Intersections sessions are sessions within Foundations of Arts Leadership that are also open to our other training cohort along with arts professionals in the community. Intersections are four-hour training opportunities that offer a chance for arts leaders at varying stages of their career from across the sector to learn together. By opening Intersections to both our training participants and the greater arts leadership community, our hope is to foster collaborative learning, problem solving, and knowledge exchange.
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Sessions occur on Wednesdays from 10:00 am - 2:30 pm (with 30 minutes for lunch)
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October 21: Intersections 1 – Financial Literacy (online)
November 18: Intersections 2 – Revenue Strategies (cSPACE)
February 3: Intersections 3 – Boards & Governance (U of C)
March 3: Intersections 4 - Arts Advocacy for Impact (online)

Learn more about each session and register here : https://www.rozsafoundation.com/intersections or LINK IN BIO