Creative offers

The courses at the KuKuK children's and youth art school are not just about encouraging creativity. In addition to learning, the aim is always to have fun together. Information on the courses offered by the KuKuK children's and youth art school can be obtained from the City of Hilden's cultural department by calling 02103 72-1237 or by emailing kukuk@hilden.de.

For many years, the city of Hilden has awarded the Wilhelm Fabry Promotion Prize. The prize of 4,000 euros is an award to young talents with which the city of Hilden promotes artistic careers and professions, limited to North Rhine-Westphalia. The jury consists of at least 2 expert jurors as well as members of the Committee for Culture and Local Heritage and employees of the Department of Culture of the City of Hilden.

The most recent awards were in 2023 in the fields of "Poetry as a form of expression in poetry slam texts" and "Short stories".

Cultural education can make a significant contribution to the personal development of young people. However, the prerequisite is to open the door to art and culture for all children and young people as early and as widely as possible.

North Rhine-Westphalia has a particularly rich cultural landscape. This includes outstanding municipal theaters, but also independent theaters and many museums that invite people to engage with art and history, as well as concert halls, choirs, dance companies, literature houses, cultural festivals, youth centers and sociocultural centers. All these competencies are to be used to make North Rhine-Westphalia a "children's and youth culture state" together with the municipalities. To this end, there should be many exciting age-appropriate cultural offerings that are not only accessible to all children and young people, but also affordable.

For this reason, the state has launched a state program together with the municipalities and cultural institutions: the Kulturrucksack Nordrhein-Westfalen. The Ministry of Culture provides around 3 million euros annually for this purpose. The aim of the statewide project is to provide all children and young people with free or significantly reduced-cost cultural opportunities.

(Source: www.kulturrucksack.nrw.de)

Projects and workshops June - November 2025

Kart race deluxe with augmented reality
June 6 / 7, 2025, 2:00 pm (4 hours each)
Hilden City Library, Nové-Město-Platz 3, 40721 Hilden

Manga workshop
16. July 2025, 9:30 am - 1:30 pm
Hilden City Library, Nové-Město-Platz 3, 40721 Hilden

Origami workshop
July 23, 2025, 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Hilden City Library, Nové-Město-Platz 3, 40721 Hilden

Wooden workshop Viking ships
22. August 2025 , 15:00 - 19:00
Children's and Youth Cultural Center "Area 51", Furtwängler Straße 1B, 40724 Hilden

Ceramic painting "My own coat of arms"
Date to be announced
Children's and Youth Cultural Center "Area 51", Furtwängler Straße 1B, 40724 Hilden

Theater workshop "Um Mitternacht"
13. September 2025, 10:00 - 14:00
Musikschule Hilden, Gerresheimer Straße 20, 40721 Hilden

 Registration via https://beteiligung.nrw.de/portal/hilden/beteiligung/themen/1014375

or by e-mail to kulturellebildung@hilden.de

Wood workshop "Dwarves, gnomes, goblins & co."

October 11, 2025, 10:00 - 14:00
Children's and Youth Cultural Center "Area 51", Furtwängler Straße 1B, 40724 Hilden

Theater workshop "Truth or lies" with Tatjana Becker

November 15, 2025, 10:00 - 14:00
Children's and youth cultural center "Area 51!", Furtwängler Straße 1B, 40721 Hilden

 Registration via https://beteiligung.nrw.de/portal/hilden/beteiligung/themen/1018762

Film workshop - stop-motion films with Lego bricks
29 November 2025, 11:00 - 15:30
Children's and Youth Cultural Center "Area 51", Furtwängler Straße 1B, 40724 Hilden

Registration via https://beteiligung.nrw.de/portal/hilden/beteiligung/themen/1019053

Graffiti artists can legally spray on the following approved areas in Hilden:

• The underpass at the town hall in the direction of Mettmanner Straße (under Berliner Allee)
• The underpass at Nove-Mesto-Platz in the direction of Neumarkt (under Berliner Allee)
• The wall at the Institute for Public Administration on Hochdahler Straße
  
• The underpass on the construction road (under the railroad tracks)

There are further opportunities for legal spray painting at Kosenberg in the north of Hilden and at the skate park in Holterhöfchen.