Art and Coal in Appalachia will feature coal-related music by the ETSU Twin Taters Bluegrass Band and three panelists. Dr. Ted Olson, a professor in the Department of Appalachian Studies, will present "The History of Coal in Appalachia." The second panelist will be Anne Lewis. She has made documentary films with limited resources since the 1970s and was associate director and assistant camerawoman for HARLAN COUNTY, USA. She will present "Film as a Voice for Social Change". The final panelist will be Dr. David Blackley, who serves as an epidemiologist with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in Morgantown, WV. He will present "The Health Effects of Coal Mining". The event will also feature a Health Professional Student Art Display. This event is sponsored by the ETSU College of Public Health, ETSU College of Arts & Sciences (Department of Media and Communications and the Department of Appalachian Studies) and the Gold Humanism Honor Society in the Quillen College of Medicine.