Ibiyinka Alao, Nigeria's Art Ambassador to the United Nations, is currently on a multi-state tour visiting small town schools and presenting programs about African culture and art.

Alao is an artist who recently became the first place winner of the prestigious United Nations International Art Competition amongst 61 countries. His entry "Girls and a Greener Environment" chronicles the life of a girl-child from infancy to adulthood and the values she acquires along the paths of life.

His perspective is from the traditional African viewpoint and his paintings speak volumes and the impact of his works has received worldwide recognition. His paintings are currently in the United States on tour. They have been exhibited at the Harvard Business School, the Indianapolis Art Center, the Martin Luther King Art Center, the African Unity Festival, the Nigerian Consulate, the Nigerian Embassy, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Cultures, the New York University Brownstone Salon, the Queensborough Library International Resource Center, the United Nations headquarters, the World Bank headquarters, as well as the Empire State Building from January to May 2005.

In between exhibitions, Alao finds himself giving open lectures at universities and setting up workshops in community centers across the country. As Nigeria's Art Ambassador, Ibiyinka is available for speaking engagements, participation in seminars, panel discussions, workshops and exhibitions.

He will be presenting a program at the Corn Bible Academy in Lone Wolf at 9 a.m. and 12 noon on Tuesday. The public is invited to attend.

For more information about Alao and his artwork, visit www.ibiyinka.com.