Green Bag Lady is an eco-friendly art project started in 2008. The artist and her team of volunteer “Bagettes” make fabric bags out of donated material and give them away for FREE in exchange for a promise to use them instead of paper or plastic. To date they have given away over 23,000 bags all over the world.
Artist Info
Teresa VanHatten-Granath is an artist and Associate Professor at Belmont University. She teaches photography and digital imaging in the Department of Art. She was awarded a Tennessee State Arts Commission Grant in 2010 for her sculptural photographic books and for her work on the Green Bag Lady project. Green Bag Lady is an eco-friendly art project started in 2008. Teresa and her team of volunteer "Bagettes" make fabric bags out of donated material and give them away for FREE in exchange for a promise to use them instead of paper or plastic. To date they have given away over 24,000 bags all over the world.
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