Contact Professor Brooks-Canales with any questions at lbrooks1@trinity.edu
Submissions: All mediums are welcome, from photography to crayons to digital art*. Just keep in mind that the final product should be suitable for a 3-inch sticker. Your final design submission will need to be uploaded as an image file. If you need assistance creating a high quality copy of your art, contact the Art department's Visual Resource Center to schedule an appointment. For any other questions about submission, contact librarian Lacey Brooks-Canales at lbrooks1@trinity.edu
If you incorporate the work of others into your design, please be sure either to adhere to Fair Use, or to ensure that those works are in the public domain or carry an open license, such as Creative Commons. Check out the library's copyright guide for more information.
*The use of generative AI comes with a host of ethical, environmental, digital equity, and ownership/copyright issues that are still playing out in courts. For these reasons and more, priority consideration will be given to fully original designs.
Required Design Elements:
(1) Text: The text "Coates Library" must be visible on the sticker. The best placement is up to you.
(2) Shape: The sticker will be printed as a 3-inch circle. We encourage you to consider the scale when creating your artwork. It might be a good idea to print a 3 inch version of your design to ensure that your details and/or text are visible.
(3) Theme: The sticker should reflect the annual theme in some way. You don't need to take it too literally. Use your artist statement as an opportunity to explain how you incorporated an element of the theme.
Submission Process: To submit your work, fill out this Google Form. You will need to upload your image of the work (maximum of 2 designs) and an artist's statement. The artist’s statement should be 200 - 300 words, single-spaced, and explain the form (materials and process) and content (themes, relationship to the prompt). Collaborative submissions are allowed, as long as you're willing to share the prize!
Evaluation: The “Sticker Thing” Award Committee will evaluate submissions based on (1) suitability as a sticker (2) clarity of theme (3) quality of artist’s statement (4) overall artistic impression
The theme for the 2026 sticker is “Growing Inspired”.
How have you grown inspired at Coates? Have you discovered new ideas in a book that caught your eye? Did you follow citations, branching out until you discovered you have more questions than ever? We’d love to see your take on the library and the concept of growth- think plant life, nature, knowing, growing.