The permanent team of the Werkplaats is small (coordinator, technical supervisors and board) surrounded by a flexible layer of trainees, volunteers and teachers. The enthusiastic team has a great passion for art and design.
Coördinator & Supervisors
Carola van der Heijden
Coordinator
You regularly find her in the workshop. She has a coordinating role, combines her art and marketing knowledge, and also stimulates participants, her colleagues and interns.
Jurjen Ravenhorst
Technical Supervisor
He masters all techniques, but his real specialty is lithography.
Present: every friday
skills: lutho, etching, silscreen analog (not digital)
Julian Sirre
Technical Supervisor
He is originally a graphic designer and works on Mondays. He has many digital skills, but printing posters on the semi-automatic machine is his greatest passion.
Present: nearly every monday
Skills: digital design/ printing, silkscreen and riso
Annika Syrjämäki
Interim floormanger
She is specialized in screen printing on fabric and manipulation of fabrics, masters most techniques and has good digital skills.
Ilse Versluijs
Technical Supervisor
Visual artist, generalist, specialized in screen printing and relief printing. In the past year she has been intensively involved with lithography. She coordinates the Paint Garden in Mariahoeve and knows everything about natural inks.
Present: every wednesday
Skills: natural inks, silkscreen, litho, lino.
Teachers
Rik Buter
Visual artist and gives the Step-up etching course.
Bertus Gerssen
Bertus is a photographer, maintains our riso machines and gives the riso workshops.
Hanna de Haan
Graphic artist specializing in intaglio and wood printing and regularly gives workshops to pupils and students.
Anastasia Krylova
Anastasia is visual storyteller and printmaker. She is old-intern of the werkplaats. She supervises CKV lessons.
Eric de Vries
Photographer Eric de Vries regularly gives workshops on etching with toyobo plates.
Ilse Versluijs
Ilse is a real generalist and gives the Step-up screen printing course in textiles, a workshop on natural inks, and supervises CKV lessons.
Stefanie Scholte
Visual artist Stefanie Scholte supervises the CKV workshops.
Lula Valletta
Visual artist, specialized in making booklets and regularly gives CKV lessons.
Jerney de Wilde
Illustrator and visual artist Jerney de Wilde supervises the ckv workshops.
Mariska Gewald
Illustrator Mariska supervises
the ckv-workshops.
Dan Dickhof
Artist and arthistorican supervises CKV- lessons.
The Board of the Werkplaats
- Sanne Luteijn, chairmain
- Valentin Neevel, treasurer
- Tanja Engelberts, secretary
- Dieuwke Spaans, member
Titles and ancillary positions
Tanja Engelberts Secretary 1 January 2023 – March 2025 (extension possible)
Tanja Engelbrechts works as a self-employed visual artist. Besides serving on the board and as part of the sounding board group from her position on the board at the GWP, Tanja has no other ancillary positions. No conflicts of interest have been identified.
Sanne Luteijn Chairman 1 January 2023 – March 2026 (extension possible)
Sanne Luteijn is the director of The Ekard Residency and manager at The EKARD Collection. She has worked there in permanent employment since 2024 and has no other ancillary positions besides being a board member at the GWP. There is no conflict of interest.
Valentin Neevel Treasurer 1 January 2023 – October 2026 (extension possible)
Valentin Neevel is a senior policy advisor at the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. No other relevant ancillary positions besides being a board member at the GWP. There is no
conflict of interest.
Dieuwke Spaans General 1 January 2023 – October 2025 (extension possible)
Dieuwe Spaans works as an independent visual artist and as a lecturer at the HKU. No other ancillary positions besides board membership at the GWP. There is no conflict of interest.
Point of Trust contact
Until 2026, one of the board members will fill the position of trust contact for one year. After that, we will appoint an external trust person. This is part of the plan of action to promote professionalisation.
Focal point for trust 2024: Tanja Engelberts, tanjaengelberts@gmail.com
Advisory Group
- Melle de Boer
- Lisa Blaauwbroek
- Eugène van Veldhoven
- Qasim Arif
- Tanja Engelberts
Volunteers
The Grafische Werkplaats enjoy working with volunteers. They support the workshops, help with the exhibitions or do various other activities. In addition, there is a group that maintains the paint garden in Mariahoeve voluntarily.
Are you interested in becoming a volunteer? Send an email to annika@grafischewerkplaats.nl She will then contact you quickly.
The current volunteer team consists of:
- Lidewij Corstiaans
- Dan Dickhof
- Gert-Jan van der Kooij
- Hans Jansen
- Ed Verschoor
- Peter van der Heijden
- Wander Otten
- Sheersha Mukherjee
Ink Garden:
- Lidewij Corstiaans
- Carola van der Heijden
- Ilse Versluijs
- Ellen Toet
- Carmen de Veer
- Fasan Aloel
- Elizabeth Williams de Garcia
- Leonie Brandner
In collaboration with the Tuinen van Mariahoeve / the Gardens of Mariahoeve (Jan Morsch).