Culture rucksack 2024

A rucksack full of creative offers

Light graffiti, theatre, dance and more: the town of Beckum is once again taking part in the state programme "Kulturrucksack". This rucksack does not bring heavy luggage, but enriching cultural programmes for 10 to 14-year-olds.

12 March 2024 by Sandra Berges
Organisation team
  • The cultural rucksack is full to bursting with exciting projects for children and young people: from left to right Uwe Mischke, Meike Wiemann, Ricarda Huerkamp, Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich, Janina Aufenvenne, Carola Paulmichl, Silvia Brede, Sabine Will, Stefanie Hartkopf and Cornelia Baumann.

The state of North Rhine-Westphalia is funding the Beckum programme this year with 10,308 euros for around 1,700 young people. Cooperation partners of the Kulturrucksack 2024 programme are the Filou e.V. cultural initiative, the Neubeckum leisure centre, the "Altes E-Werk" youth centre, the Beckum public library and the Neubeckum public library. At the presentation of the programme, Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich thanked everyone involved.

The multi-day offers take place during the Easter, summer and autumn holidays.

Registrations are accepted directly by the respective organisations.

Projects during the Easter holidays:

  • Light graffiti | E-Werk |25 and 26 March, 4 to 7 p.m.
    Two-day workshop with Lucilla Licht from Leverkusen.
    The workshop begins at dusk and covers the theory of light graffiti, camera techniques and how the materials work.
  • Airbrush | Neubeckum Library | 3 to 5 April, 11 am to 3 pm
    All about the book: various techniques, airbrush, brush, collage to create book edges, book nook or a book cover
  • Writing workshop | Beckum Public Library | 12 April (3 to 7:30 pm) and 13 April (10 to 2:30 pm)
    Writing teacher Tobias Winopall provides insights into creative writing methods.
  • Theatre workshop "Bühne frei"| Kulturinitiative Filou | 27 March, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
    The young people conquer the rehearsal room with self-confidence, boundary-pushing and courage.
  • Circus workshop "Manege frei" | Kulturinitiative Filou | 26 and 27 March, 4 to 7 pm
    The stage area is the circus ring. You can experiment and create a small circus film.
Poster with the Easter programme
Berges, Sandra


Outlook for the summer holidays (details to follow):

  • Skulpturenbau I | Freizeithaus Neubeckum
    The topic is the thematic examination of the construction of sculptures in the Maximaß.
  • Musical Streetdance | Freizeithaus Neubeckum
    Streetdance meets K-Pop. This project will be continued in January 2025.

Projects during the autumn holidays:

  • Mixed Media Art | Kulturinitiative Filou
    Individual works of art are created under the direction of Heidi Marczinke.
  • Lyrical Dance | Filou cultural initiative
    The young people discover how they can tell stories with their bodies. The young dancers learn about modern movement styles.
  • Skulpturenbau II | Freizeithaus Neubeckum
    This project continues the summer holiday project.

The exact dates and further information on the projects will be published in good time.

Kulturrucksack NRW state programme
Making art and culture accessible to all children and young people is the declared aim of North Rhine-Westphalia's youth, culture and education policy. With the Kulturrucksack NRW state programme, the Ministry of Culture and Science NRW supports cities and municipalities to explicitly enable children and young people between the ages of 10 and 14 to participate in art and culture through a wide range of creative activities. The quality of the Kulturrucksack programmes and their sustainability are primarily due to the recurring collaboration with artists and cultural educators. The personal approach to the target group and the attractiveness of the programmes play a special role. Source: Arbeitsstelle Kulturelle Bildung NRW
Further information at www.kulturellebildung-nrw.de.

With the kind support of Sparkasse Beckum-Wadersloh.

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