YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION 2025

Moray Art Centre and Baxters have come together to offer an exciting prize for a budding young local artist!

The prizes:

Winner: £200  Runner-up: £50

The brief:

– To create an image representing the stag at Baxters, Fochabers

– The image should be your artistic (or photographic) interpretation

– You may choose any medium and any style

– The image will feature on a gift card included with Baxters hampers

The rules:

1. This competition is open to all UK residents aged under 18, except any employee of or person directly connected with Baxters or Moray Art Centre and their immediate family members. Proof of age may be required.

2. The competition is free to enter.

3. Entries must be submitted by email with ART COMPETITION in the subject line (photography only) to [email protected], by post or in person to Moray Art Centre, Field of Dreams, Findhorn IV36 3TA and must be accompanied by the entrant’s full name, date of birth and email address.

Entries must also include a signed note from a parent or guardian stating ‘I hereby give permission for my son/daughter _______ to enter the Moray Art Centre Baxter’s Young Artist Competition 2025. I agree to the rules, terms and conditions of the competition and can guarantee that they are under the age of 18 and that the entry is entirely their own original work’

4. Moray Art Centre must receive entries by 11:59pm on July 31st, 2025.  Any entry which is late, incomplete or inappropriate will be deemed invalid.

5. Moray Art Centre accepts no responsibility for damaged or lost entries.

6. The judges shall assess the entries. One winner and one runner-up will be selected. The judges’ decisions shall be final.

7. Winners will be notified by email within 14 days of a decision being made. If a winner does not respond within 14 days of being notified, then they will forfeit their prize, and a replacement winner will be selected. The prizes will be sent to the winners within 28 days of the winner responding to notification that they have won. Artworks may be published on Moray Art Centre’s and Baxters websites and on related online platforms.