Thank you Xie Feng 谢锋! It has been one of the great honors of my life to collaborate with my beloved Maestra Zheng Xiaoying! She is a national treasure & legendary artist whom I’ve learned so much from! 🎶❤️#culturaldiplomacy #artsenvoy #culturalexchange

Honored to have the opportunity! Thank you Department of State Educational & Cultural Affairs—U.S. Dept. of State & especially 美国驻广州总领事馆 U.S. Consulate General Guangzhou for making this possible. I’ve made so many new friends & learned so much! #artsenvoy #culturaldiplomacy #culturalexchange

#ExclusiveInterview Senior Advisor & Envoy for Cultural Exchange at the National Endowment for the Arts, Carla Dirlikov Canales Carla Dirlikov Canales Last November's meeting between Chinese and U.S. leaders opened more opportunities for cultural exchanges, with new programs to be

Thank you to my valued friend Ambassador Nicholas Burns, to his team & to our gracious Chinese hosts and the artists with whom I got to collaborate during this most recent cultural diplomacy mission to China. I will cherish the experience and bonds we made! #culturaldiolomacy #culturalexchange

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Thank you David Rothkopf ❤️I’m only able to do what I do because of your love and support!

During Carla's trip to Zhangzhou, she met an important friend. I tried to understand this friendship, so I learned about it through others' accounts, Carla's descriptions, and my own observations. #Fujian #Zhangzhou #ChinaUS45 Carla Dirlikov Canales Xie Feng 谢锋 Chinese Embassy in US

On my recent trip to Fuzhou, I had this great conversation with @TheChinaCurrent about the power and importance of cultural diplomacy. I hope you'll give it a listen.

Thank you The China Current & James Chau for taking the time to speak with me! I’m grateful for the chance to share my thoughts on all things #culturalexchange #culturaldiplomay & my experiences performing in China!

Thank you so allowing me the opportunity to share my story! #culturalexchange #culturaldiplomacy

Delighted to share the full interview I did for CGTN Radio while in Beijing. A pleasure to be able to talk about my recent experiences in China as an #ArtsEnvoy for the Department of State Educational & Cultural Affairs—U.S. Dept. of State, my love of #culturaldiplomacy and #culturalexchange and my hope for the future!

Thank you so much for your kind words, James Chau! Your support of the arts, of cultural exchange, and of public service mean a lot to me!

The honor is mine Paulo Menechelli ! Your ground-breaking book and all the work you have done on #culturaldiplomacy is incredible! ❤️

Carla's presentation featured the great work of Artists for Understanding! Learn more about this program ➡ pcah.gov/artists-for-un… #Artists4Understanding #G20Brazil

It was my honor to share the work we are doing at President's Committee on the Arts & the Humanities with those gathered for the G20 Brasil panel event on data collection, analysis & application. #ArtistsforUnderstanding offers an interesting example of what's possible when we counter hate through the arts & humanities!

It was a really fabulous experience! Thank you President's Committee on the Arts & the Humanities & G20 Brasil #culturaldiplomacy #culturalexchange

Last month, I performed with the Zheng Xiaoying Opera Center in Xiamen, China, under the direction of one of my heroes Maestra Zheng Xiaoying. I invite you to watch this brief video created by Qiuyang Chen about what this experience meant to me. youtube.com/watch?v=nU_Yu6…

U.S. singer Carla: I want to take the challenge of finding more ways for Americans to improve Mandarin studies.Carla Dirlikov Canales Xie Feng 谢锋 美国驻广州总领事馆 U.S. Consulate General Guangzhou Ambassador Nicholas Burns Zhang Meifang Zhang Heqing Siddharth Chatterjee 常启德 Ryan Fedasiuk Bridging News China Global Strategic Research Institute (CGSRI)

Thank you 美国驻广州总领事馆 U.S. Consulate General Guangzhou for making these special memories possible! I’m delighted to share this video that shows footage from over 10 years of my #artsenvoy experiences in China, thanks to Educational & Cultural Affairs—U.S. Dept. of State Department of State! 🇺🇸🇨🇳🎶 #culturaldiplomacy #culturalexchange

Last night, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered the most masterful performance in the modern history of debates. And Trump provided one of the worst. By every metric she won & made it clear she should be the next POTUS and that he must never be. And now the fight continues. thedailybeast.com/kamala-harris-…