We are the “hip” generation that has turned silver. We are the “HipSilvers.” Only in the last three years, when the “boomers” began turning 60, did anyone pay attention to the third phase of our existence. The media doesn’t even know what to call us.We are the first generation to live longer than our parents, to embody the benefits of exercise and healthy eating (thank you, Jane Fonda) by not only living longer but by living well. Moreover, we are breaking the way for the boomer generation, who are moving into their 60’s, to come to grips with aging gracefully.We HipSilvers are here to take the fear and terror out of the third phase of our lives. To abandon the “boomer” title that defines when you were born, and take up the title of “HipSilver” that describes how we intend to live. We grew up as a generation who broke new ground, and it’s time for us to do it again.Gail Bruce is an artist and avid Native American Education Activist. Raised in California, Gail studied at Pepperdine University, UCLA and Hunter College. She began her career as a leading model throughout Europe and America. A favorite of photographer Irving Penn, she regularly worked for designers and publications including Chanel and Vogue. Discovered by director Howard Hawks, Gail pursued a career in television and film until she began following her passion for art. She studied at the Arts Student League in New York where she took up serigraphy in 1974. It was one of her artistic influences, a Chumash Indian Elder, who inspired her to become an activist for Native American causes.She is a founding board member of the American Indian College Fund and the creator and founder of the Cultural Learning Centers Initiative for the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, which has built learning centers at 29 American Indian Tribal Colleges in 12 states. Gail serves on the Multicultural Outreach Advisory Board of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.