To celebrate International Artist Day on 25th October, we’re launching a competition asking you to design a Christmas Illustration. The winning entry will be displayed at the mall and the winner will receive a £250 Gift Card.

Over the last five years The Centre has supported over 30 local and internationally acclaimed artists with exhibitions, mural commissions, art trails and classes for shoppers.

The Centre’s first art event in 2017 was a giant 3D Art Frog Sculpture Trail, which featured artwork from Livingston-born artist Gregor Louden, Ciara Dunne, graffiti artist ‘Elph’ and illustrator Danielle Callaghan, as well as community groups and schools, including Dedridge Primary School and Craigshill Good Neighbour Network.

Gregor also designed a large-scale ‘All Roads Lead to The Centre’ mural in The Centre alongside Cassandra Harrison’s artwork entitled ‘Community Connections’ and both recently joined the ceramic artist, Helen Michie, to host free family art classes, which have been a big hit with shoppers this year.

Additional art projects include a Spring Flower School Drawing Competition and designing plinth artworks for 8ft Christmas nutcrackers last year, which featured art by local schools, community groups and artists, Chiara Celini, Briony Helen Illustrations, Lisa Ainslie and visual artist Chris Young.

As part of our ongoing support for the arts, we’re celebrating International Artist Day by giving someone the chance to design a Christmas illustration which will take pride of place in The Centre throughout the festive period for all of our shoppers to enjoy.

As well as giving a budding artist a platform to showcase their work, the winner will also receive a £250 Gift Card to spend at The Centre.

The deadline for submissions is Thursday 3^rd November 2022 and full T&Cs can be found below.

Checklist for artists:

• Artwork will be printed on to a floor vinyl measuring 4m x 2m.
• Entries need to be a JPEG high resolution Digital Artwork file.
• Please send entries to enquiries@thecentrelivingston.com by 23.59pm on Thursday 3rd November 2022.
• Please include the name and age of the artist. If the artist is under 18, artwork should be submitted by a parent or guardian.
• Please include background information about the design and the inspiration behind it.

Terms & Conditions for The Centre’s Christmas Illustration Competition:

• This competition is open to residents in the United Kingdom.
• Artwork will be printed on to a floor vinyl measuring 4m x 2m.
• Entries need to be a JPEG high resolution Digital Artwork file.
• Entries must be submitted digitally in an email sent to enquiries@thecentrelivingston.com - no other forms of entry will be accepted.
• Any personal data submitted to The Centre, Livingston in connection to the competition will be processed in accordance with The Centre’s privacy policy, which can be found at https://www.thecentrelivingston.com/more/privacy-cookie-policy. All data processing will be lawful and based on consent; The Centre will not use any personal data for other purposes, beyond those reasonably expected for marketing purposes, without the explicit consent of the individual to whom the data belongs.
• The deadline for submission is 23.59pm on Thursday 3^rd November 2022. All submissions received after this time will not be eligible. Please note that sending is not proof of receipt.
• The Centre cannot be held responsible for emails that do not arrive due to the entrant’s email security settings or restrictions placed by their Internet service provider.
• Winners will receive a £250 Gift Card to spend at The Centre. No cash alternative will be offered and prizes are non-transferable.
• The winning entry will be selected by a panel of judges from The Centre, Livingston. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• By submitting entries to The Centre’s Christmas Illustration competition, each entrant confirms and warrants that they are the sole author of the entry, that it is their original work, and that they own the copyright and any other intellectual property rights of their artwork.
• Entrants will retain copyright of their artwork. By entering the competition all entrants grant to The Centre the right to publish and exhibit their artwork on any printed materials and internet-based distribution sites including, without limitations, The Centre website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and in any other media for an undetermined period of time. No fees will be payable for any of the above uses.
• By entering this competition, entrants are deemed to accept these competition rules and the terms and conditions which will be governed by the laws of Scotland.
• The Centre reserves the right to modify these Terms and Conditions at any time through the The Centre website without giving notice.