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An Afternoon of Live Painting with Artist Daniel J. Watts

Published: June 26, 2026; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa

When: July 4, 2026
Where: Long Gallery Harlem

Address: 2073 Adam Clayton Powell Junior Boulevard, New York, NY 10027

Phone: +1 (646) 590-0650

Web: https://www.long.gallery/

Join us for an afternoon of live painting with artist Daniel J. Watts, featuring his signature freestyle dance-painting technique.

On July 4, artist Daniel J. Watts will present a live canvas painting at Long Gallery Harlem, featuring his signature freestyle dance painting technique. The event is the Gallery’s second installment in a series that considers America 250 through a Black lens, following our Ode to Jazz on June 19 — this time through dance.

Alongside Watts’s painting, original poetry will be presented by John Lee Gaston White, Long Gallery Harlem’s inaugural poet laureate.

Time: 1:00 pm EDT

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