Dairy Center for the Arts names author series in honor of CU Boulder professor

The Dairy Center in Boulder has started an author series in Associate Professor Gene Hayworth's name, with its first event set for Friday, Oct. 22.

Gene Hayworth

Hayworth is the labor and politics collections archivist for the Rare and Distinctive Collections at the University Libraries.

The series' first event, "'Yep, We're Supposed To Be Here!' Shining Your Identity Through Writing," will discuss art as protest, art as “not” protest, and what it means to enter the world of writing with an identity and perspective that isn’t always heard.

Graphic novelist and Regis University professor R. Alan Brooks will moderate a panel discussion featuring three writers:

• Olivia Abtahi, author of Perfectly Parvin
• Steven Dunn, author of water & powerand Potted Meat
• Dylan Edwards, writer and artist of Politically InQueerect and Transposes

The panel discussion begins at 7 p.m., and is free to attend, though advance registration is required through the Dairy Center.