{"id":91,"date":"2026-05-29T01:18:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T01:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ea-sandbox.brentwoodvisual.com\/?page_id=91"},"modified":"2026-06-12T05:42:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:42:03","slug":"community","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ea-sandbox.brentwoodvisual.com\/?page_id=91","title":{"rendered":"Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Community<\/h1>\n<h3>A community for gospel chalk artists, street painters, and anyone serious about the craft<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Chalk art is a small world, and most of what&#8217;s worth knowing about it is passed from one artist to the next. For most of the last century that happened in person \u2014 at Maranatha, at Bible camps, in the studios of the pioneers who kept this art form alive. We built this community to do some of that work online.<\/p>\n<p>Members get access to the full Phase 1 and Phase 2 training library, a growing archive of talks from Matt and from the chalk artists who came before him, and three active forums where members ask questions, critique each other&#8217;s work, and troubleshoot together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"\/?page_id=173\">See memberships<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"\/?forum=forum\">Browse the forums<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2000-class.webp\" alt=\"Matt teaching class\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Forums<\/h3>\n<div>Three categories: Getting Started, Advanced &#038; Critique, and Support. Members only.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/?forum=forum\">Browse the forums<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Training<\/h3>\n<div>Phase 1 for beginners, Phase 2 for advanced work, and the individual talks archive.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/?page_id=97\">Start training<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Membership<\/h3>\n<div>Three tiers, annual or lifetime. Apprentice starts you at the foundation. Artist opens everything.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/?page_id=173\"> See memberships<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The preservation angle<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/orange-line-small.webp\" alt=\"orange line\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When Dixon Ticonderoga stopped making lecturer&#8217;s chalk in 2005, Matt bought the inventory and spent years rebuilding the recipes because chalk art was worth preserving. The same thinking shapes this community. The people who developed this art form \u2014 P.H. Kadey, Dr. Karl Steele, Esther Frye, Phil Saint, Ding Teuling \u2014 are no longer with us. Their techniques, their drawings, their stories, the things they figured out through decades of work live in memory and in the artists they trained.<\/p>\n<p>Part of what this community does is keep that lineage available. The training library will grow over time to include archived talks from the pioneers whose work defines the craft \u2014 starting with Matt&#8217;s own talks and adding Frye, Teuling, and others as the material is digitized. If you&#8217;re a chalk artist who wants to study under the people who taught the people who taught you, this is the place for it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The preservation angle<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/orange-line-small.webp\" alt=\"orange line\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When Dixon Ticonderoga stopped making lecturer&#8217;s chalk in 2005, Matt bought the inventory and spent years rebuilding the recipes because chalk art was worth preserving. The same thinking shapes this community. The people who developed this art form \u2014 P.H. Kadey, Dr. Karl Steele, Esther Frye, Phil Saint, Ding Teuling \u2014 are no longer with us. Their techniques, their drawings, their stories, the things they figured out through decades of work live in memory and in the artists they trained.<\/p>\n<p>Part of what this community does is keep that lineage available. The training library will grow over time to include archived talks from the pioneers whose work defines the craft \u2014 starting with Matt&#8217;s own talks and adding Frye, Teuling, and others as the material is digitized. If you&#8217;re a chalk artist who wants to study under the people who taught the people who taught you, this is the place for it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Who joins<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><strong>Gospel chalk artists<\/strong> &#8211; working and aspiring, from first-time beginners to experienced traveling artists who want to keep sharpening.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><strong>Street painters and secular chalk artists<\/strong> who want training in the lecturer&#8217;s-chalk tradition and a community of other serious practitioners.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><strong>Teachers, youth pastors, and camp directors<\/strong> using chalk art in ministry or instruction.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><strong>Anyone who does presentation chalk work<\/strong> and wants to get materially better at it.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Not everyone who joins will share every reason for being here, and that&#8217;s fine. The forums are a working space for the craft, not a gatekeeping exercise.<\/div>\n<p><p>\n        <a href=\"\/?page_id=173\">Join Now<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/marbles-chalk-drawing.webp\" alt=\"Man creating sidewalk chalk art\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<!-- {\"type\":\"layout\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"animation\":\"slide-bottom-medium\",\"animation_delay\":\"100\",\"image\":\"wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2000-class.webp\",\"image_position\":\"bottom-center\",\"image_size\":\"cover\",\"media_focal_point\":\"bottom-center\",\"media_overlay\":\"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.74)\",\"padding_bottom\":\"large\",\"padding_top\":\"large\",\"style\":\"muted\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"vertical_align\":\"middle\",\"width\":\"default\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"Community\",\"image_align\":\"left\",\"image_margin\":\"xsmall\",\"text_align\":\"center\",\"title_element\":\"h1\",\"title_style\":\"heading-medium\"}}]}]}]},{\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"style\":\"default\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"vertical_align\":\"middle\",\"width\":\"default\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"props\":{\"layout\":\"3-5,2-5\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"width_medium\":\"3-5\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"A community for gospel chalk artists, street painters, and anyone serious about the craft\",\"image_align\":\"left\",\"image_margin\":\"xsmall\",\"title_element\":\"h3\"}},{\"type\":\"text\",\"props\":{\"column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"content\":\"\n\n<p>Chalk art is a small world, and most of what's worth knowing about it is passed from one artist to the next. 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