A national hub for mental health philanthropy, a free public art gallery, and a gathering place for the community.
Mental health philanthropy too often happens in isolation — and art too often happens apart from it, even though art has always been how humans process difficult experiences and find connection. Peg’s set out to build something different.
The campus at 53 First Street in Hudson, Ohio, brings private, public, and philanthropic leaders together under one roof, while offering the public a free, welcoming destination where art and mental health coexist. Across the gallery, the historic Baldwin Buss Merino House, and surrounding spaces, partners convene for working sessions, policy conversations, and the unscripted exchanges that move a field forward.
The campus is also a year-round civic resource. Monthly events bring practitioners, students, advocates, and neighbors together around mental health, the arts, and community well-being. The gallery hosts regionally and nationally recognized artists — and even landmark collaborations, like the June 2025 debut of Dalí Beyond Time: Fashioning the Future, which brought twelve Dalí paintings to U.S. soil for the first time alongside original work by Kent State fashion students and Scabal menswear.
As Peg’s enters its next 25 years, the campus is the platform: a place where art, mental health, and policy share a roof — and where the next generation of bold work gets made in public view.