:The Canales Project

{{Short description|American non-profit organization}}

The Canales Project (TCP) is an American 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, created to "activate the arts as a tool for social change and impact"{{cite web|author1=The Canales Project|title=Mission & Vision|url=http://www.thecanalesproject.com/mission-vision/|website=The Canales Project|accessdate=24 November 2017}} and aims to give “voice to issues of identity and culture through music and conversation.”{{Cite web|title=Carla Dirlikov Canales {{!}} Office of the President|url=https://president.umich.edu/about/archived-events/bicentennial/umbaa/winter-recipients/carla-dirlikov-canales/|access-date=2020-08-06|website=president.umich.edu}}

TCP was founded in 2016 by the internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Carla Dirlikov Canales, and uses the arts to help find new solutions to challenges facing society.{{cite news|last1=Rothkopf|first1=David|title=A Blow to the Soul|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/20/a-blow-to-the-soul-trump-immigration-education/|accessdate=March 31, 2017|work=Foreign Policy|date=March 20, 2017}}{{cite web|author1=National Sawdust|title=Neighborhood Concert: The Canales Project's Between Two Worlds|url=https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2017/4/22/0700/PM/Neighborhood-Concert-The-Canales-Projects-Between-Two-Worlds/|website=Carnegie Hall|accessdate=April 1, 2017|date=April 22, 2017}}

Canales has said that the aim of her project is to recruit an "army of compassion", a collection of artists, each with their own personal story about living "between two worlds" and of dealing with the tensions of different cultural environments.{{cite web|author1=BWW News Desk|title=The Canales Project SeriesTo Be Presented in Conjunction with New York Live Arts|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/The-Canales-Project-SeriesTo-Be-Presented-in-Conjunction-with-New-York-Live-Arts-20161116|website=Broadway World|accessdate=1 April 2017}}

Many of the organization's programming initiatives are enacted through collaborating with partner organizations, including Carnegie Hall, TEDxMidAtlantic,{{cite web|author1=The Canales Project|title=TEDxMidAtlantic|url=http://www.thecanalesproject.com/upcoming-events/2017/10/27/tedx-midatlantic|website=The Canales Project|accessdate=24 November 2017}} and YoungArts.{{cite web|author1=YoungArts|title=YoungArts Partners with The Canales Projects|url=https://www.youngarts.org/blog/post/youngarts-partners-canales-projects/|website=YoungArts|accessdate=24 November 2017}} In addition, TCP has spearheaded several arts educational initiatives including "Finding Your Voice" with Boys and Girls Clubs of Tucson{{cite web|author1=KVOA|title=New project helps students "find their voice"

|url=http://www.kvoa.com/story/33359431/new-project-helps-students-find-their-voice|website=News 4 Tucson KVOA|accessdate=24 November 2017}} and "V-Pals".{{cite web|author1=The Canales Project|title=Video Pals (V-Pals)

|url=http://www.thecanalesproject.com/v-pals/|website=The Canales Project|accessdate=24 November 2017}}