Crosstown Arts
Centro Cultural Latino de Memphis invites you to their first exhibition of 2015, featuring visual art, as well as musical and dance performances.
This program is part of Crosstown Arts & Centro Cultural’s ongoing Spring/Summer 2015 collaboration, supported by FirstTennessee Foundation | ArtsFirst and ArtsMemphis.
Tamale Fest 2015 is the first annual fundraising event for Centro Cultural Latino de Memphis. The festival will have main stage live entertainment, a tamale team cooking contest, a tamale tasting tent, a kids’ activity corner, art vendors, food trucks and a photo booth.
The purpose of the Tamale Fest is to share and celebrate Latino culture, bring people together for a positive cultural experience and to raise money to allow Centro Cultural to expand their programs and administration.
Centro Cultural was founded in 2011 and has been operating as a 100% volunteer-run organization. Accomplishments to date include over 60 cultural workshops taught, 13 showcases celebrated, 6 art exhibits produced, collaboration with Dixon Gallery and Gardens produced the first contemporary Latino Art exhibition in Memphis, current development of a book based on immigrant stories in Binghamton and over 5000 hours of volunteer time given.
