Falkirk Schools Mural Competition Open to secondary school pupils across the Falkirk Council area

Written By Kevin Harrison

Are you a secondary school pupil in the Falkirk area with an idea for a public mural? We want to hear from you.

As part of Falkirk: From Place to Creative Space, we are inviting pupils to apply individually or in pairs to design and help create a temporary public mural for Falkirk town centre. Up to 12 entries will be selected to work with a professional artist across a series of sessions in July and August, with the finished mural unveiled at the Final Celebration in the first half of August 2026.

The theme is simple: What does Falkirk mean to you?

Your design can draw on local history, landmarks, communities, or the everyday experience of growing up in Falkirk. It doesn't need to be a finished artwork - just a bold, imaginative idea that would work at the scale of a public mural.

Selected participants will each receive a bursary of £200 (£100 each if applying as a pair) and will be credited as co-creators on all programme materials.

No online form - submit your entry physically or by email. See the full brief for details.

Key dates

  • Launch: 11 May 2026

  • Entry deadline: Monday 22 June 2026

  • Selected entries notified: early July 2026

  • Sessions with artist: 13-30 July 2026

  • Installation: first week of August 2026

  • Unveiling: first half of August 2026

download the full brief and apply
download the full brief and apply
Kevin Harrison
Kevin Harrison is the Director of Artlink Central, a charity and social enterprise designing creative experiences in conjunction with artists, public bodies and led by disadvantaged or marginalised people particularly in health, social care or criminal justice contexts. . Kevin joined the organisation five years ago and was previously Arts and Wellbeing Manager with Sense Scotland since 2006, supporting a Scotland-wide participation in the arts for disabled people with communication needs. Kevin managed the development of a range of arts projects including Threads and Found in Translation, projects exploring cultural diversity and disability, and Leaving New Craigs, a life history project in Inverness for people leaving the last long stay hospital in Scotland. He managed a national arts and wellbeing team and supported the establishment of a strong creative programme in the TouchBase, a new inclusive base for people and communities supported by Sense Scotland in the south side of Glasgow. Kevin who has a degree in theatre and film from Roehampton University and who undertook postgraduate studies in Arts Management and Policy at Birkbeck University of London is also a trustee for Scottish Prison Arts Network, chair of Dementia Friendly Forth Valley as part of a Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) programme. Previous posts include freelance editor and administration roles with key national disability arts organisation, Shape Arts and public sector roles in Arts Development and as Business Manager, Creative Academy, Slough Borough Council, supporting a multi-million pound EQUAL creative industries inclusion programme . He also has experience of managing Music 4 Slough, a Youth Music Action Zone.
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