Fall Lecture: Carla Dirlikov Canales, Cultural Diplomacy: Using the Arts to Create Positive Social Impact

Carla Dirlikov Canales, Cultural Diplomacy: Using the Arts to Create Positive Social Impact
Friday, October 30
1:30-2:30 PM
In-Person at OLLI

Carla Canales has been praised by Opera Magazine for possessing a voice that “grabs the heartstrings with its dramatic force and musicality.” She has won acclaim on leading stages around the world as a performer while also being recognized as a thought leader, advocate, and entrepreneur. Most recently, Carla served the Biden Administration in a newly created position at the National Endowment for the Arts and later at the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, as Senior Advisor and Envoy for Cultural Exchange. Through this role, she created and spearheaded the Artists for Understanding initiative.

Carla currently serves as a Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership (CPL) at Harvard’s Kennedy School. Through this role she has taught for the Public Leadership Co-Curricular Program since 2022. Carla is a published author, having written op-eds for USA Today and for the New York Times, as well as book chapter contributions for several academic

Reservations are required to attend in-person lectures. This lecture will be held in the Spring Valley Building, 4801 Massachusetts Ave. NW, in Room A on the First Floor. You must have an OLLI account to register. If you do not have one, you can create an account when going to register. Each registrant may reserve up to two seats. Your name must be on the list of registrants to enter the lecture and you must be in your seat five minutes before the lecture starts to guarantee your seat.