Inhumane conditions of asylum life told through art at Hudson gallery

A Moreland Hills artist wants to bring awareness to the inhumane ways people were treated at an institution for mental health.

Kimberly Chapman’s “86 Reasons for Asylum Admission: A Domestic Beginning” is on view through September at Peg’s Gallery in Hudson.

She based her sculpture along with photography on a list of why people were admitted to the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia in the late 1800s…

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