Honors and Professional Organizations
Kalin is one of only twenty-two artists (six women) ever awarded Permanent Signature Certification by The American Portrait Society. Invited member of the International Platform Association. Signature member of National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society, International Society of Acrylic Painters, Kansas Watercolor Society, and Missouri Watercolor Society. She is on the Board of Directors of the Missouri Watercolor Society.

Published
Art work featured in Acrylic Highlights magazine 2004; Finalist in Cover Competition, Watercolor Magazine, Summer 2005, both published by American Artist; American Artist “Portraits of Life,” February ’98 and March ’00 issues; “Best of Watercolor 2,” “Best of Watercolor – Painting Light and Shadow,” and “The Collected Best of Watercolor,” all Rockport Publishing; “Splash 5,” Northlight Publishing; The Artist’s Magazine “Simply the Best” Sept. ’03; and “The Directory of American Portrait Artists.” She is included in Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, and Who’s Who of American Education.

Juried Shows – 2006
Kansas Watercolor Society Great 8 Exhibition – Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS; Trains: Past, Present, Future – St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO; Plein Air 2006 – Keyes Gallery, Springfield, MO; NOAPS Signature Show - LM Gallery, Tampa, FL

2005
Western Colorado Watercolor Society Exhibition – Grand Junction, CO; Kansas Watercolor Society Great 8 Exhibition – Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS; NOAPS Signature Guild Show – Rozier Gallery, Jefferson City, MO; National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic - New York, NY

2004
NOAPS Best of Missouri Premier Art Competition and Exhibition – Rozier Gallery, Missouri State Museum, Jefferson City, MO; Watercolor Missouri National - Winston Churchill Memorial, Fulton, MO; Northern Colorado Artist Association National Exhibition – Ft. Collins, CO

2003
Watercolor Missouri National – Winston Churchill Memorial, Fulton, MO; Kansas Watercolor Society Great 8 Exhibition – Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS; National Acrylic Painters Association 2003 International – Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, FL; National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic – Bethlehem, PA

2002
Award of Achievement at Watercolor Missouri National – Winston Churchill Memorial, Fulton, MO; Painting included in Kansas Watercolor 7-State Exhibition – Wichita, KS; cash award given

2001
Award of Excellence at Watercolor Missouri National – Winston Churchill Memorial, Fulton, MO

2000-1999
Paintings included in the National Acrylic Painters Association show; National Oil and Acrylic Painters Association Exhibition; Midwest Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition; Northern Colorado Art Association, Ft. Collins, CO; Old Forge, New York, NY; National Acrylic Painters Association, New Orleans, LA.

1998-1997-1996
Paintings accepted in: Watermedia IX in Colorado Springs, CO; Kansas Watercolor Society, Wichita, KS; Adirondacks National, Old Forge, New York, NY; Women Artists of the West Exhibition in Biloxi, MS and San Juan Capistrano, CA; National Acrylic Painters Association Exhibition, Birmingham, England and Covington, LA; Women Artists of the West Exhibition in Biloxi, MS; The 130th Annual American Watercolor Society International Exhibition, New York, NY; and National Watercolor Society Member Exhibition, Downey, CA; National Acrylic Painters Association Exhibition, Birmingham, England and Tacoma, WA; Watercolor USA ’96, Springfield, MO; Western Colorado Watercolor Society Exhibition, Grand Junction, CO; Kansas Watercolor Society 7-State Exhibition, Wichita, KS; Art in the Woods 7-State Exhibition, Overland Park, KS; Winter Invitational ’96 at Hutchinson, KS; Northern Colorado Art Association National Exhibition, Ft. Collins, CO; Audubon Artists 54th Annual Exhibition (award given), New York, NY; National Acrylic Painters Association USA First Annual International Exhibition (award and signature membership given), Long Beach, CA.

1995-1994-1993
Watercolors accepted in: San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition, San Diego, CA; Irving Shapiro Memorial Exhibition, Chicago, IL; Western Colorado Watercolor Society Exhibition, Grand Junction, CO; Five-State Kansas Watercolor Show at Wichita, KS. Acrylic shown at Governor’s Mansion Special Exhibit in Jefferson City, MO. Oil accepted in the Women ’94 Show at Littleton, CO. Acrylics accepted in: National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society Exhibit ’95, ‘94, ’93; and the Touring Exhibit ’93, Osage Beach, MO.