Faculty 2026 - 2027

For an overview of all tutors & guests since 2003: TUTOR GALAXY

For an overview of the facilitators making it all possible: CREW

Head Of Program & Artistic Director:  

Leire Vergara: 

Advised by

The Strategic Advisory Committee 

Anselm Franke: Honorary strategic advisor

Antonia Majaca: Honorary strategic advisor

Emily Pethick: Honorary strategic advisor

Gabriëlle Schleijpen: Honorary strategic advisor,

former artistic director & head of program DAI 2002-2026.

As Head of Program Leire is always in close collaboration and conversation with:

The Education Lead Team 

The Education Lead Team consists of 3 tutors & education leaders who interact with our student body and our tutors and guest tutors 2026-2027 on all things study & research (find more information about their tasks here)  

Nikos Doulos: Study Trajectory Counsellor to the students, Education and Exam Regulations Supervisor, Education Leader and BKE certified examiner, overviewing the WEAVER Curriculum Component.

Philippa Driest: Education Leader and BKE certified examiner, overviewing the COOP study groups Curriculum Component.

Raphael Daibert: Education Leader and Academic Supervisor, overviewing the How To Do Things With Theory Curriculum Component.

Marika Vandekraats: Chair of the Admissions Committee and BKE certified examiner.

Faculty 2026-2027

Our tutorial teams and guest tutors are connected to DAI's four defining Curriculum Components, the pedagogical pillars as they are described and explained in our Syllabus 2026-2027: 

 

A. Team HTDTWT

curriculum component: HTDTWT

education leader/academic supervisor: Raphael Daibert

Dr. Amit S.Rai                       

Dr. Ghalya Saadawi

Dr. Hypatia Vourloumis

Dr. Grant Watson

Dr. Sarah Lewis-Cappellari

Dr. Sladja Blazan

 

 

PALESTINE TEACH OUTS 

PTO were initiated by the theory tutors and are convened across the Curriculum Components  

Guests: 

 

B. Team COOP

curriculum component: COOP study groups

education leader: Philippa (Flip) Driest

COOP partner: ARCHIVE ENSEMBLE

lead tutors: TBA

COOP partner: De Appel Amsterdam

lead tutors:

Noor Abu Arafeh

Marina Christodoulidou

COOP partner: Hosting Lands

lead tutors: 

Aziza Harmel 

Harun Morisson

COOP partner: If I Can't Dance I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution

lead tutors: 

Frédérique Bergholtz

Angelo Custodio

COOP partner: Neringa Forest Architecture

lead tutors:  

Egija Inzule

Jurga Daubaraitė

Jonas Žukauskas

COOP partner: SAVVY Contemporary

lead tutors:

Daniellis Hernandez Calderon

Raisa Galofre

COOP guests:  

TBA

COOP SUMMIT 2027 guest writers:

TBA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROAMING ASSEMBLY

ROAMING ASSEMBLY  is the annual one-off public symposium commissioned by DAI, curated by 

the Archipelago Weaver and attended by the COOP groups in preparation of the COOP SUMMIT.

Contributors Roaming Assembly#34: TBA

 

 

C. Team Kitchen & AEROPONIC ACTS

curriculum component:

Kitchen & A-Acts

convener:

Leire Vergara

production leader:

Peter Sattler 

advisor Kitchen first year:

Leire Vergara

coach Kitchen first year:

Quinsy Gario

coach & curator AEROPONIC ACTS:

Elisa Giuliano

Kitchen Respondents:

Bassam El Baroni

Pary El-Qalqili

Respondents AEROPONIC ACTS 2027:

TBA

D. Team WEAVER

curriculum component: WEAVER                                 

education leader: Nikos Doulos                                    

How To Cook Things While Roaming:                        

Sophia Zbinovsky Braddel

Factory: Student Led

Life After DAI coaches:

TBA