Creative offers

In the courses of the children and youth art school KuKuK not only creativity should be promoted. In addition to learning, "having fun together" should always be a part of the program. Information about the offers of the children's and youth art school KuKuK can be obtained from the cultural office of the city of Hilden by phone 02103-5903 or by mail 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.

In 2023, the award will be made in the areas 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

Wood workshop "Gnomes, gnomes, goblins & Co."
October 11, 2025, 10:00 - 14:00
Children's and Youth Cultural Center "Area 51", Furtwängler Straße 1B, 40724 Hilden

Film workshop - stop-motion films with Lego bricks
8 November 2025, 10:00 - 14:00
Children's and Youth Cultural Center "Area 51", Furtwängler Straße 1B, 40724 Hilden

Big culture rucksack party
In November 2025, date to be announced
Children's and Youth Cultural Center "Area 51", Furtwängler Straße 1B, 40724 Hilden

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.