We are collectively working towards creating a community ice-cream company to bring a “Taste of Happiness” to Grange and Blackpool, using seasonal produce grown in and around @TheGrange as one step further towards our Grangetopia. We want to use ice cream as a vehicle to start discussions about happiness in areas that might be unexpected.
In October this year, we have the opportunity to take the ice cream concept to be part of the Lightpool festival. This will give us the chance to speak to a wider range of people and to raise profile for the work happening in Grange Park.
Have you ever wanted to create your own utopia? A community from Grange Park, Blackpool have been exploring just that. Made with locally grown fruit, their community ice cream project will bring a ‘taste of happiness’ to Lightpoo in an illuminated icea cream cart developed for Lightpool.
A commission from LeftCoast, led by Artist Samantha Jones and Architectural Designer Ecaterina Stefanescu in collaboration with Grange Park residents
LeftCoast delivers highly-engaging and socially-useful arts and cultural projects in Blackpool. We discover and celebrate the everyday wisdom found in the lived experience of the town’s residents and sensitively elevate the collective skills and ideas of the people that live here through creative and purposeful endeavours.
Established in 2013, we are one of 31 Creative People and Places (CPP) programmes funded by Arts Council England. We are steered by Blackpool Coastal Housing, Blackpool Council, local cultural partners, participant volunteers and community grass roots organisations. Additionally, alongside both national and international artists, we collaborate with local creatives with intrinsic knowledge of the neighbourhoods we work in.
