








CultureHub and La MaMa bring the performing arts
and new-media communities together to explore the
potential of the internet and emerging technologies
from critical and imaginative perspectives.
Building on the history of the Off-Off-Broadway movement,
Experiments in Digital Storytelling
is an anti-disciplinary, cross-cultural approach
to developing new modes of storytelling that amplify
our collective humanity.
Events
Opportunities
Wellness Together Fellowship Open Call
This open call seeks an artist or artist collective/group to create a hybrid performance with homebound elders through a series of workshops that center community building, social interaction, and the development of artistic skills. The fellowship will culminate with a hybrid live presentation with participating elders and audience joining both in-person and online.
The fellow will be responsible for:
4-6 creative sessions with a group of homebound older adult participants (selected by University Settlement) facilitated via Zoom
Collaboration with CultureHub to develop interactions on the livestream platform for the participating artists and audience
Leading the creation of a final performance, which could take the format of a variety show with additional guest artists, or another in-progress presentation that engages the participants as performers/co-creators
The fellow will have the following supports:
University Settlement’s Wellness Together team to both prepare for the sessions in terms of facilitation, structure and navigating access issues during the sessions
Rehearsal time and space, coordinated with the spaces of all three partners.
Technical support from CultureHub to integrate virtual performers and produce the live broadcast and the opportunity to collaborate with a technologist to design custom interactions for the performance into the CultureHub Broadcaster.
Mentorship and support from the artistic directors and producing teams of The Performance Project, CultureHub and La MaMa for creative ideation and envisioning.
In-person performance in the Community Arts Space at La MaMa.
This fellowship is designed to leverage creative and interactive possibilities of online performance to create an expanded sense of community for homebound older adults and ensure the technological advances are accessible and inclusive to those who could benefit the most from it.
Hybrid process:
The process will be facilitated primarily online with the fellow engaging homebound seniors using video conferencing tools. The final presentation in spring 2026 will be hybrid (both online and in-person). We are planning for the culminating presentation to be livestreamed using the CultureHub Broadcaster, a virtual venue that can stream to online audiences with sub-second latency making it possible to design custom real-time interactions with the online audience
Timeline:
Creative sessions will be held starting in October 2025 and will occur periodically until the culminating presentation in ~May 2026.
Application opens:
July 15
Application closes:
September 1
Applicants notified:
October 1
Artist fee:
$3000
Technical fee:
$1000 (CultureHub will facilitate this fee for additional creative coders necessary to develop the online aspects of the project)
Apply here.
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