Eligibility / Criteria

AWARD ELIGIBILITY

  • A person, not an organization must be nominated.
  • The Rozsa Award is open to any Alberta full-time, salaried CEO, Managing Director or General Manager (or equivalent) of an Alberta not-for-profit arts organization possessing a charitable registration number. The size of the affiliated organization is not a limiting criterion.
  • Nominees may not be employed by Arts Councils or other such organizations that are directly affiliated with and receive the majority of their funding from any order of government.
  • Individuals employed by post-secondary educational institutions may not be nominated for their work with students and/or faculties that offer Arts performances or exhibitions.
  • The nominee will have been employed full-time in this executive leadership position by the organization for at least three years.
  • Nominees must be available for an interview by the Rozsa Award Jury.
  • The Award recipient must be available to become a member of the Jury and attend the presentation in the year following their selection. In addition, the recipient must be willing to address public sessions on key management practices during that year, and announce their selection in their season’s brochure.
  • Previous recipients of the Award for Excellence are not eligible for three years following their award.  However, recipients of the Human Resources and Innovation Award are eligible the following year and encouraged to be re-nominated.
  • The affiliated organization must:
    • have been in business for at least three years
    • have a well defined cycle of activities whose primary focus is arts (as opposed to a cultural celebration)
    • be an individual company, offering presentations of work by artists or creators of art; to the public, either to participate or to experience: that is, have exhibitions, staged performances or publications of works
    • be deemed to make a contribution to the total artistic life of their community in Alberta
    • employ business processes and practices that reflect ethical principles and values

SEVEN AWARD CRITERIA

The Nominee for the Award for Excellence will have achieved exceptional results in all seven criteria:

  1. Encouragement of artistic innovation in the context of achieving positive operating results.
  2. Positive impact upon the financial well-being of the affiliated organization through the development and adoption of a sustainable business model.
  3. Effective contribution to stakeholder engagement; implementation of good governance principles and practices with an appropriate organizational structure (Board, volunteers).
  4. Enhancement of the organization’s internal systems and sustainable infrastructure: people, practises, policies, business processes, systems.
  5. Implementation of significant strategic alliances or partnerships that have demonstrably strengthened business results.
  6. Demonstration of powerful community engagement that has advanced the organization and its interests.
  7. Provision of effective opportunities for staff and/or professional artist development.

The Nominee for the Rozsa Human Resources or Innovation Awards must meet all of the seven criteria, but may only excel in one of them.