Our Story
About Headwaters
A shared cultural home for rural Northeast Ohio.
Headwaters exists to create access and build community through ambitious cultural experiences.
Our verified history is being written.
The story of how Headwaters came to be will be shared here soon.
Mission
Headwaters Cultural Arts connects and strengthens the rural communities of Northeast Ohio by creating accessible opportunities to experience, participate in, and grow through the arts.
Headwaters Cultural Arts connects and strengthens the rural communities of Northeast Ohio by creating accessible opportunities to experience, participate in, and grow through the arts. Through performance, education, collaboration, and community programming, Headwaters provides a shared cultural home where artists and audiences of all ages can gather, create, learn, and belong.
Vision
We envision a region where geography is never a barrier to meaningful arts experiences—and where rural communities have a vibrant cultural home of their own.
What Guides Us
Six Values. One Shared Cultural Home.
Access
Reduce geographic, financial, physical and social barriers.
Community
No single municipality, donor, business, organization or individual defines the institution.
Opportunity
Meaningful roles for youth, emerging artists, experienced performers, technicians, designers, educators, volunteers and community members.
Collaboration
Schools, artists, organizations, community groups, businesses, municipalities and cultural institutions strengthen the ecosystem together.
Stewardship
Long-term responsibility for facilities, finances, resources, relationships and reputation.
Creativity
Curiosity, experimentation, expression and thoughtful risk-taking.
Our Promise & Ambition
Access and community are the promise. Artistic excellence is the ambition.
We pursue ambitious cultural programming because rural communities deserve exceptional artistic experiences. Accessibility and community connection are institutional commitments, never optional benefits.
Leadership
The people of Headwaters.
Leadership profiles coming soon.
Community Identity
Community Supported. Community Named.
No single municipality, donor, business, organization, or individual defines the institution. Headwaters belongs to the many communities of rural Northeast Ohio who support it, shape it, and give it its name.