Arts Leadership Residency Funding

• The residency must be developed jointly by a Resident and a Host arts organization.
• The Host Organization must submit the application to the Rozsa Foundation.
• The Resident must be a mid-career arts professional who is Indigenous, Black, or a Person of Colour and is aspiring to an arts leadership role.
• The residency must be an extended placement lasting 6 months (full-time) to 12 months (part-time).

Who is eligible?

• Host arts organizations (registered charities in Canada)

Who is not eligible

• Organizations that are not registered charities in Canada (when serving as the Host Organization outside Calgary/Treaty 7).

Eligible expenses

• Resident salary (wages)

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Any expenses other than the Resident’s salary (wages)

Eligible geographic areas

• Calgary, Alberta
• Treaty 7 Region of Alberta
• Host organizations elsewhere in Canada (must be a registered charity in Canada)

• Step 1: Pre-application conversation
  • Book a conversation at least four weeks before the deadline you plan to apply for.
• Step 2: Co-develop residency plan
  • Host Organization and Resident develop the residency design together (duration, full-time/part-time, and remote/in-person/hybrid approach).
• Step 3: Submit application
  • The Host Organization submits the application to the Rozsa Foundation.

• The funder strives to notify applicants of results within six weeks of the application deadline.

• Applicants are encouraged to book a conversation at least four weeks before the planned deadline.
• Funding decisions are typically communicated within six weeks after the application deadline.