The Water Street Market is bringing in world-class chalk artists for its first annual three-day Chalk Art Festival, slated for July 20 through 22. While chalk festivals have grown in popularity worldwide, like many other “temporary art” media -- ice sculpture, sandcastle-building, finger painting -- these festivals are typically found in larger cities like Sarasota, Denver or Salt Lake City. But New Paltz has always been a larger-than-life small town, and Water Street Market is flying in professional artists from all over the country to create a “Chalk Walk” throughout its outdoor walkway and courtyard from morning till dusk.