Grangetopia : Claiming the Right to Happiness

Samantha is currently an artist in residence @ The Grange in partnership with LeftCoast exploring Grange Park’s greenspaces and people’s histories. With residents, Samantha is testing ideas to utilize the @ The Grange’s fruit orchards within the estate, along with drawing on the heritage of Symbols Biscuits to develop a range of ice-creams and hand-crafted products. The aim is in prototyping a new community social enterprise is to connect Blackpool’s beach economy to Grange Park, as a catalyst to explore how a community can claim its right to happiness and create a their own Grangetopia.