Ed Chamberlin
2026
Memorial Lecture Series
Lectures are held at the Martha Liebert Public Library,
126 Calle Malinche, Bernalillo, NM
Refreshments are served afterwards. Masks are optional.
All lectures are free to the Public.
Alabados, Alabanzas, Inditas & Corridos:
New Mexico’s Hispanio Music
Rob Martinez
New Mexico State Historian
Sunday - April 26th - 2:00pm​
Are Alabanzas, Alabados, Inditas and Corridos words you’ve never heard before? If so, this presentation of traditional New Mexican Hispano music is the presentation you’ve been waiting to hear. With guitar in hand, Rob Martinez will blend history, culture and a musical context to learn about the rich Hispano music traditions in the enchanted land of New Mexico.
Rob Martinez, a native New Mexican, has been the state’s historian since 2019. He received his B.B.A.in International Business Management and M.A. in Latin American history from the University of New Mexico. As a research historian for the Sephardic Legacy Project, he scoured civil and church archives in New Mexico, Mexico, Spain, France, Italy, Cuba and Puerto Rico for 14 years. That research resulted in a published paper about the Crypto-Jewish phenomenon in New Mexico.
Conserving Ancient Earthen Architecture
and
Wall Paintings in the
Southwest
Angelyn Bass & Douglas Porter
Architectural Conservators
Sunday - May 17th - 2:00pm​
In the ancient Southwest, earth was the primary raw material used for constructing buildings. In addition to it forming walls, it was molded into built-in features, applied as plaster to walls, floors and roofs, and used as paints and washes for wall paintings and to convey overall color and sheen to architectural surfaces. But earthen materials are extremely fragile and prone to weathering and erosion. This talk will cover how these raw materials are analyzed and along with architectural and structural examination, help guide value-based preservation strategies that respect materiality and authenticity.
Angelyn Bass is a Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology at UNM who focuses on analysis of earthen plaster and building materials. She was the conservator of Maya wall paintings in Guatemala from 2002 – 2024.
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Douglas Porter holds a research faculty position in the School of Engineering at the University of Vermont. His research focuses on the stabilization and repair of precontact structures.