There isn't enough time to chronicle the brilliance of Gloria Stuart. She has and continues to pack more into her 96 years, illustrating that life is worth living fully.
Page of Stuart's new art book 

Beginning as a serious actor in the 1930's, she was on contract to Universal Studios, and as a contractor, was given roles as the mother of Shirley Temple in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and the lead against Claude Raines in the (original) Invisible Man. I remember her with Peter O'Toole in the classic, "My Favorite Year," but the world remembers her as "the mature Rose," the Academy Award nominee for best supporting actress in the Titanic. The list goes on.
Artist Gloria Stuart 
What few people know about Gloria Stuart is that she is an accomplished fine artist who became interested in kites in 1939, while traveling with her husband through Thailand. This love affair with kites has come forth in many of her art medias: painting, silk screening, and her fine engraved art books.

As I write this, Gloria is finishing one of her finest works-a limited edition hand bound art book, "homage to kites." This art piece has already been purchased by The Getty Museum, the Library of Congress, and the Drachen Foundation. Drachen plans to take their editions and frame each page to tour in an exhibition. These pages will be on exhibition for the first time at the Japanese American Cultural Community Center in Los Angeles California.
Stuart in her Studio


The show will open on January 1st 2007 and close on January 21st 2007.

Don't miss it, and if you are in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 14th, come by to meet Gloria at a party in her honor from 7-10 pm.


Ali Fujino