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)

Annika Syrjämäki
Technical Supervisor
She is specialized in screen printing on fabric and manipulation of fabrics, masters most techniques and has good digital skills.
Present: last monday of the month
skills: textile silkscreen, natural inks, digital design/ printing.

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.
The Board of the Werkplaats
- Sanne Luteijn, chairmain
- Valentin Neevel, treasurer
- Tanja Engelberts, secretary
- Dieuwke Spaans, member
Advisory Group
- Melle de Boer
- Lisa Blaauwbroek
- Eugène van Veldhoven
- Qasim Arif
- Tanja Engelberts
Trainees
The workplace offers at least two internships (MBO/HBO) per year. We are a recognized training company. We have no places free in 2023. Are you interested in doing an internship? Send an email to carola@grafischewerkplaats.nl or look at News.
The interns of 2018:
. Hilal Mutluel
. Lisa van Osch
. Annemieke Laban
. Isabella Kors
The interns of 2019:
. Lola Beekink
. Lieke Kleverwal
. Sophie Verwaaijen
. Sheida Hedayati
The interns of 2020:
. Lois Mali
. Istvan Hutter
. Cato de Weert
The interns of 2021:
. Gilles Broersma
. Anastasia Krylova
. Sterre Meijerink
. Jonah Pieterse
. Saiye Ozdemir
The Interns of 2022:
. Kaja Majoor
. Jasmijn Doornewaard
. Marieke van den Berg
The interns of 2023:
. Zoe Thielsch
Volunteers
The Grafische Werkplaats likes to work 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 on a voluntary basis.
Are you interested in becoming a volunteer? Send an email to carola@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).