About the INPA 9 For the INPA 9 Manifest received 1313 submissions from 399 artists in 43 states and 19 countries. Entries represented works made from 2015 through mid-2018. The publication will include 122 works by 73 artists from 32 states, Washington D.C., and 5 countries including Colombia, Ireland, Germany, Taiwan, and the United States. A written work by Will Paradis is also included. Ten volunteer professional and academic advisors qualified in the fields of art, design, criticism, and art history juried the ninth International Painting Annual. The process of selection was by anonymous blind jury, with each jury member assigning a quality rating for artistic merit to each work submitted. The entries receiving the highest average combined score are included in this publication.
