Nominations are now open for the 2018 annual Rozsa Award for Excellence in Arts Management. Deadline for nominations is May 11, 2018, 4:00pm.

Eligibility criteria and nomination forms are available from the Rozsa Foundation website by visiting rozsafoundation.org.

Unique in Canada, the Rozsa Award for Excellence in Arts Management celebrates outstanding arts administrators and provides additional professional development benefits to the recipient and his or her organization.

Past recipients of the Rozsa Award for Excellence in Arts Management include David Chantler of Trickster Theatre (2017), Eva Cairns of Edmonton’s Catalyst Theatre (2016), Rose Brow, former Managing Director of Quest Theatre (2014), Stephen McHolm, former Artistic Director of Honens (2012), and Bob McPhee, former General Director and CEO of the Calgary Opera (2003), among many other exceptional recipients.

Join with Rozsa Award partners Deloitte, Alberta School of Business, Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, CKUA Radio Network, Good Company, Ross W Marsh Consulting, Transcend Management Inc, and Vital Business Solutions in celebrating excellence in Arts Management.

The Rozsa Award Celebration will be October 15, 2018.

History of the Award

The Rozsa Award for Excellence in Arts Management was created in 2002 to honour the philanthropic efforts of Drs Ted and Lola Rozsa. Unique in the country, the award recognizes, celebrates and promotes the profession of Arts Management through the provision of professional development and educational benefits. Thanks to our partners, to date the Foundation has distributed over one million dollars in benefits to our award recipients and their organizations across Alberta.

About the Rozsa Foundation – Champion of the Arts

Established in 1990, the Rozsa Foundation builds on the legacy of its founders, Drs Ted and Lola Rozsa, by building artistic and administrative capacity in non-profit arts organizations and by advocating on behalf of the arts sector. Provincially, the Foundation hosts an arts management competition, offers a variety of professional development arts leadership programs, commissions arts and public policy research, and funds transformational initiatives, helping artists build organizational resiliency and enrich their creative practice. We value long-term partnerships and personal relationships. The Rozsa Foundation also provides limited operational support to a variety of non-arts agencies through donor-advised and designated funds.

For more information about the Rozsa Foundation visit rozsafoundation.com.