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the Umlauf will move part of the sculptor's studio and reassemble it in the museum. An interactive section will walk visitors through his artistic process, allowing them to handle his tools and thumb Space milestone through his sketchbooks. For Carla Umlauf, a successful real estate agent, the gardens are "a sacred space" where she spent her childhood exploring and spending time with her beloved grandparents (Charles Umlauf died in 1994; his wife, in 2012). She was 18 when the gardens opened to the public and has been on the board for the past eight years, becom ing president in January, just in time for the mile stone year. "The Umlauf has been part of my entire adult life," she says. Seely, who joined the Umlauf in 2014, stresses that it's more than a museum. Although art education and apprecia tion are a cornerstone of its programming, it also aims to be an urban retreat focusing on health and wellness. It offers popular outdoor yoga and meditation classes several times a week. Both Seely and Umlauf are excited about the future. Plans include eventually doubling the garden in size from its current four acres by incorporating Charles and Angeline Umlauf's private garden and home up the hill. Carla Umlauf hopes to have a longrange plan in place by this fall, with a capital campaign set to start in 2018. "This is a big year for us," she says. "I do think I'm the person to get us to the next place. This is my heart and soul." 605 Robert E. Lee Road, 512-445-5582; umlaufsculpture.org . women of power clockwise from above: Nina Seely and Carla Umlauf; St. Michael & Lucifer, 1985; War Mother, 1939; Family, 1960; Mother & Child, 1950; Umlauf and his famous student and muse, Farrah Fawcett, in his studio in 1970. photography courtesy of the umlauf estate (fawcett, statues); stefano fabrizio DarolD (seely) 118 AUSTINWAY.com