The Sulzberg Foundation
The Sulzberg Foundation is a private non-profit foundation based in Winterthur.
Established in 1999 by Doris Keller-Sträuli, a music educator and patron of the
arts in Winterthur, its statutory purpose is the preservation of the neobaroque villa
at Museumstrasse 60 - which has been classified as an historical monument - and
the fostering of cultural activities in all disciplines.
The Sulzberg Foundation operates the cultural centre “Villa Sträuli, Kultursalon und
Artists-in-Residence Winterthur” on its own property. It may also support other selected
cultural or non-profit projects. At present, however, the Foundation’s primary focus is
the realisation of the Villa Sträuli project and it is not, for the time being, accepting
applications for other projects.
Roger Girod, President
Anna Wohnlich, Vice President
Professor Ruth Girod
Dr. Kathrin Barbara Zatti
Dr. med. Ursula Rutz
Martin Rohr
Martin Duttweiler
Operations and Programme
Commission
A committee of the foundation board together with the Villa’s director constitute the
Operations and Programme Commission, which supports the director in operational
questions and is responsible for the programming of the Villa’s event series. At present
it is comprised as follows:
Annelise Schmid (director, Villa Sträuli)
Ruth und Roger Girod (members of the foundation board)
> Further information about the Operations and Programme Commission
In making selections for the
Artists-in-Residence programme the direction of the
Villa Sträuli is advised by an artistic committee made up of the
following members
representing different artistic disciplines:
Visual arts: Suzette Beck, visual
artist (photography, public art-projects)
Theo Spinnler, artist (computer
gener. videos, installations)
Literature/new media: Hansjörg
Diener, Dr. phil I, german teacher
Hannes Schüpbach, artist,
filmmaker, curator of films by artists
Performing arts/music:
Jordi Vilardaga, theaterdirector ‘Theater des Kantons Zürich’
Matthias Ziegler, musician
Martin Schlumpf, composer,
improviser, Prof. ‘Hochschule
Musik und Theater Zürich’
Eva Schäffeler,
lecutrer in dance (contemporary dance),
choreographer, performer