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Fort Smith arts declaration has raised red flags
Could be scam, U.N. warns
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Max Bryan
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Artist Ibiyinka Alao shakes Fort Smith Mayor George McGill s hand Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at a news conference at the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce.
FORT SMITH United Nations officials say a declaration given to the city by an artist who is ostensibly an arts ambassador for the international organization could be a scam.
Ibiyinka Alao, an artist listed on the Rogers Experimental House website as the U.N. art ambassador, declared Fort Smith a United Nations international city for artistic and cultural innovation in peace building and economic growth with the help of Mayor George McGill at a ceremony Tuesday.
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