Anna Hairston, a Bluffton University senior from Ontario, Ohio, will discuss “Deficiency: Situational and Generational Poverty in America Explored through Art” at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 in the reading room, Musselman Library. The event is free and open to the public. 

The senior art and social work double major will show how she has come to see the challenges of poverty through the creativity of art and the discipline of social work. Hairston will have several pieces of artwork on display which explore these themes. She will also discuss how she hopes to bring change through her future career.