Ulrikke Stokholm was born in Bangladesh in 1960 and grew up in Denmark, where she attended the Steiner Schools in Copenhagen and Århus. She attended the Sculpture School in Dornach from 1979 to 1984 and then completed her sculpture and art teacher training in 1982 and her art therapy training in 1984. She then trained as an art teacher in Germany and Denmark, teaching children, young people and adults in sculpture, art, art history and education. From 1999, she founded and ran a sculptor training programme and art workshops and worked as a sculptor herself until an accident interrupted her sculpting activities in 2004 and she began working as a coach and supervisor and later trained coaches herself.
From 2008, Ulrikke Stokholm also worked at the Sculpture School at the Goetheanum - initially as a guest teacher in the art therapy training programme - until the last of her five children in Denmark had left and she moved to Switzerland in 2014 to work full-time at the Sculpture School at the Goetheanum (now part of a t k a) as a trainer of art teachers, art therapists, developmental artists and in the school management.

"The development of the individual and also of humanity (which I can see through art) has interested me since my earliest youth. Just like the connection between heaven and earth in art and through the essence of life in the human being."

Lucie Noemi Gmünder joined the section team in 2024. Born 1991 in Switzerland, after finishing her studies at the Rudolf Steiner School in Schaffhausen, Lucie decided to study painting at the Visual Art School Basel and graduated with a diploma in 2012. This was followed by years of independent work and exhibitions, in which she primarily focused on creating moods that would draw the viewer's attention to their own perception. Her interest in other media and the search for new impulses led her to the Kunsthochschule Bern, where she studied Fine Arts and graduated with a Bachelor's degree. In her final thesis, Lucie Gmünder focused on a disused clay pit and its living beings. She visited and filmed this place regularly over the course of the year. Using long, still shots, she sought to capture an in-depth perception of the earth and the beauty of the moment.
The part time foundation year in anthroposophy at the Goetheanum was followed by training at the Plastikschool Dornach in 2020. In addition to her studies and her artistic work, Lucie is also active in various other areas, be it social, cultural, gastronomic or horticultural.

"The presence of mind in perception and encounters is a challenge for me and a drive to find balance in every situation and make an impact in the world."

Pieter van der Ree (1958) studied architecture at the Technical University in Delft (NL). He has been working as an independent architect in the field of ecological building and organic design since 1990. In 2000 he wrote a book on organic architecture and in 2003 he organised a travelling exhibition on the same subject. Since 2005 he has held the chair of organic architecture at the Alanus University in Alfter near Bonn. In 2008 he published the book 'Formen schaffen als Ausdruck des inneren Lebens' about the relationship between the design of the Goetheanum and the anthroposophical training path. He is a board member of the International Forum Man and Architecture (IFMA) and in the initiative group of the Section for Fine Arts in the Netherlands. He also gives lectures and short courses internationally. His central field of interest is the interaction between man and architecture.

Yaike Dunselman (born 1972) studied architecture at the "Alanus Hochschule für Kunst und Gesellschaft" in Alfter near Bonn from 1993 to 1999. Since 2003 he has been managing the Dutch-German architecture office "neun grad architektur" in Amersfoort/ NL and Oldenburg/ D. The architectural office has 25 employees and works on projects ranging from supermarkets to the Goetheanum. Projects realized by the office have been awarded several prizes and acknowledgements, including the BDA Prize of the State of Lower Saxony, the AIT Award, the Fritz Höger Prize (special mentation), AIA Architectuurprijs, Hedy 'd Anconaprijs, Iconic Awards, German Brick Prize, Bremen Design Prize. see www.9grad.net

Nicolas Gadacz
Born in 1967, he first studied music at the Staatl. Hochschule für Musik in Trossingen, majoring in violoncello, and graduated as a music teacher in 1991. An activity as an orchestra and chamber musician as well as a music teacher followed. After a one-year activity at the Rudolf Steiner School Basel 1998/99 and a professional reorientation, the postgraduate course in cultural management practice at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts followed in 2000, in 2001 the training as a nursing assistant SRK, and extra-occupational eurythmy training at the Akademie für Eurythmische Kunst Baselland with diploma graduation in 2008. In addition to musical activities, twenty years in elderly care as a nursing assistant and in activation and occupational therapy employed.

Since 2022 assistant for the Section of the Literary Arts and Humanities and the Visual Arts Section.

Monika Clément worked as a journalist and marketing assistant before she began her collaboration as assistant to the board at the Goetheanum in 2004. In addition to this task, she worked for several years as administrative assistant to the Section for Social Sciences. In 2015, she took over this function in the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities, where she continues to be active as a freelancer after completing her regular workload. Since 2020, she has been supporting the team of the Visual Arts Section in the areas of website, newsletter, and social media.