Exhibition Title: "¡Viva Carnival! Carnival Costumes and Objects from the Americas: Daniel J. Crowley Memorial Exhibition" Dates: Oct. 18 - Dec. 18 Where: Design Gallery 145 Walker Hall Hours: Noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday Closed Thanksgiving weekend Reception: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18 Lecture: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3 Cabernet Room UC Davis Silo An exhibition of carnival masks, costumes and photographs from the Americas will be on display at the UC Davis Design Gallery. Organized as a memorial tribute to the late Daniel J. Crowley, professor emeritus of anthropology and art history who taught at UC Davis for 32 years, the exhibition focuses on the spectacular carnivals held in the Americas, highlighting celebrations in those places Crowley loved best -- Brazil, Trinidad, the Bahamas, Haiti and Bolivia. Crowley's carnival studies began more than 40 years ago; he eventually experienced every carnival worldwide. Many of his 350 articles and reviews concern various social aspects of celebrations as far afield as Senegal and Sao Vicente in West Africa to New Orleans on the opposite side of the world. The festivals that fascinated Crowley had very different characteristics, but the fabulous Brazilian carnival in Rio de Janeiro, with its flamboyant costumes and intoxicating samba rhythms, became his favorite. Crowley passed away in his sleep Feb. 24 in Oruro, Bolivia, after having enjoyed his last carnival. He was buried in the Oruro cemetery, surrounded by many American and Bolivian friends. Disabled by polio while serving as a Naval Lieutenant in the Pacific during World War II, Crowley went on to earn a master's degree in art history from Bradley University and a Ph.D. in anthropology from Northwestern University. During an anthropology field research project in Trinidad, he met his wife, Pearl Ramcharan. Crowley, his wife, and their three children, Eve, Peter and Magdalene, thrived on traveling to new places and meeting new people. Crowley traveled to every sovereign nation but Iraq and journeyed around the world nine times. A New York Times obituary described Crowley as "an anthropologist who loved parties so much that he devoted his life to attending carnivals, festivals and other folk celebrations in every corner of the globe." The exhibition tribute to Crowley in the Design Gallery will include festival costumes, photographs, and friends' and family's memories of his life. Design lecturer and Bolivian festival costume expert Cynthia LeCount will present a slide lecture in conjunction with the exhibition. She had planned to co-curate the exhibition with Crowley, as both were co-leaders of a University of California Research Expeditions Program (UREP) trip to study carnival in Bolivia in February. LeCount and Design Gallery Director Dolph Gotelli decided to dedicate the exhibit of carnival costumes, objects and photographs to Crowley's memory. LeCount's talk and slides will highlight the carnival parade dancers with their masks and brilliant costumes. She will include an overview of antique carnival costume and recent innovations, as well as portraits of the maskmakers and other artists who create the festival gear. The exhibition, reception and lecture are free and open to the public.