Design a Guitar Competition
For schools and young people’s groups
We want to make sure that Music for the Senses filters down to the grassroots and inspires the next generation of artists.
The Design a Guitar Competition gives schools, colleges and young people’s groups the opportunity to elevate their young people’s creativity and contribute their voices to this city-wide celebration of art and music.
Competition now closed
Thank you to everyone who submitted such bold, colourful, creative designs to our Design a Guitar Competition.
A winning design will be brought to life on a real guitar and will be part of the Music for the Senses art trail this summer.
All entries will also be featured on the Music for the Senses website.
1. The competitions open to all learning establishments (Primary, Secondary, PRU, SEN, Colleges) along with youth organisations (Scouts, Guides, youth clubs, etc.)
2. Each learning establishment or group can submit up to three original guitar designs.
3. Entries must be created on the guitar templates provided
4. The closing date for entries is Monday 2 June at 5pm
5. Three winning designs will be selected by the judging panel. The winners will be announced on the Music for the Senses website on Friday 6 June 2025
6. The three winning designs will be created on a real guitar by professional artists and displayed in a window display in Manchester city centre as part of the Music for the Senses trail. The winning schools/group will be credited on signage alongside the display, on the trail map, website and app. Representatives from the winning schools/groups will receive tickets to a VIP launch event for the project. At the end of the trail the winning schools/groups will receive a replica of their winning design, vinyl printed on to a guitar.
7. Reasonable efforts will be made to contact the winners. Failure to respond and/or failure to meet the eligibility requirements may result in forfeiture of the prize. If they cannot be contactable, or are unable comply with these terms and conditions, Wild in Art reserves the right to choose an alternative winning design.
8. The winning schools/groups agree to the use of their school/group name and photograph and will co-operate with any other reasonable requests by Wild in Art relating to any post-winning publicity.
9. Wild in Art Limited is the promoter of this competition. Wild in Art will use information supplied on the entry form in relation to this competition. With your consent, Wild in Art will also add your data to our School/Group database and may contact you in the future about relevant creative opportunities for schools and young people. Personal data will be processed in accordance with Wild in Art’s Privacy Notice available at https://wildinart.co.uk/privacy-notice
10. The decision of the judges is final based on the criteria set out in the competition and no correspondence will be entered into over this decision.