Tamales - Communal Nourishment

Saturday 3/28: 9 AM - 5 PM(includes 1 hour for lunch)

This class will teach you how to prepare Tamales rojo de puerco - Red pork tamales. Here you will learn how to cook your meat, make your masa, assemble a tamal, steam, and experience how my family has been making tamales for decades.

  • Tuition: $130 per participant

  • Apply for a scholarship

  • Materials Fee: $45to be paid to instructor.

  • Optional Tools to Bring:Participants may bring their own apron and food container to take home tamales.

  • Age / Ability Level:This class is open to people who are comfortable working in a kitchen with multiple people. Minimum age 18.

  • During our time together we will be building relationships with one another. Talking and community are essential to the preparation of a good meal. Food is medicinal, ancestral, and radical. Tamales are a Mesoamerican dish, spanning across Mexico and Latin America, transforming with their environments and surviving colonization. Let’s learn, share, and eat together.

    Our tamales will be made with pork, lard, masa, guajillo chiles, onions, garlic, and seasonings. Each person will take home 10-12 tamales.

    Bring a lunch. Microwave and toaster oven are available.

  • CENTER FOR PEOPLE AND CRAFT is committed to building a diverse, inclusive learning community where people of all backgrounds feel welcome and able to participate. As we launch our first workshop series, we are dedicating space in each class for reduced-tuition scholarships to support anyone facing financial barriers. As we build a more robust scholarship program, we hope this initial launch will remove barriers and expand access to hands-on learning for all.

    Anyone with financial need is encouraged to apply for a half-tuition scholarship. To be considered, please submit a brief online application. Please note that CENTER FOR PEOPLE AND CRAFT is operating with limited financial resources and an entirely volunteer staff. Therefore, we cannot guarantee a spot for every applicant. Each class has one scholarship slot available. Applicants who are not selected in this current round are welcome to reapply.  Apply here

  • Description text goes herPC is able to provide refunds up to two weeks before the start date of the class for which the registration was submitted, though we do retain a $20 fee for return payment processing. If you need to cancel your class within the two week window, a refund is not guaranteed, but will be considered based on several factors.

    If CPC needs to cancel a class due to low enrollment, teacher illness, or other factors, you will receive a full refund. Read our full set of policies.

meet your instructor

Anissa Cavazos-Rodriguez is a Mexi-Tejana sculptor, printmaker and cultural teacher from the Rio Grande Valley. Her research spans many disciplines and facets of cultural production; such as dreams, manifestations, and divine femininity. Cavazos is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Minnesota pursuing a degree in Studio Art.