Schumacher Gallery
Permanent Collection
The Schumacher Gallery's Permanent Collections offer a wonderfully diverse selection of more than 2500 works for study and enjoyment. These collections encompass 2000 years of cultural history. Since the Gallery's inception in 1964, hundreds of donors have provided objects of art, funds, and services to create this important cultural legacy.
Exhibitions:
The Art of Presence: Contemporary Realism from Ohio Artists
September 8 - December 5, 2026
The gallery is closed October 9-12 for midterm break and November 26-30 for Thanksgiving.
The Ohio Representational Art Collective brings together artists living and working in Ohio who are dedicated to the craft of contemporary realism. This group exhibition highlights the Collective’s diverse talent and showcases the breadth of representational art. With drawings, paintings, and sculptures by artists from various cultural, racial, and ethnic backgrounds, the selected works were chosen for both their conceptual depth and technical excellence focusing on quiet, everyday subjects—capturing mundane moments with grace and sensitivity. Rendered with the discipline of Old Master techniques, the work invites viewers to see the poetry in the ordinary and experience classical realism through a contemporary lens.
Reception: Thursday, September 11, 5 - 7 p.m
Backstage Hollywood: The Photographs of Bob Willoughby
January 19 - April 1, 2026
The gallery is closed February 28-March 8 for mid-term break.
Venture backstage into the golden age of Hollywood in this exhibition that explores the photography of Bob Willoughby. Widely recognized as a pioneer of photography in the 20th century, Willoughby was the first outside photographer invited by studios to take photos on film sets. Willoughby’s career took off in 1954 when Warner Bros. asked him to photograph Judy Garland during the filming of A Star is Born. Life magazine published a feature with over a dozen of Willoughby’s candid photographs of Garland working on set, and a close-up portrait of her appeared on the cover. Willoughby’s career took off, and his photographs became instantly recognizable, featuring naturalistic images of actors and directors in intimate moments of vulnerability.
Reception: Thursday, January 22, 5 - 7 p.m.
Technical Ecstasy in The Showcase Gallery
Charles Crabtree, a Columbus native and Capital University employee, is a self-taught artist who owes much of his inspiration to the study of mythology and world history. His style is described as unique and intricate, blending themes of mysticism, science fiction, and spirituality. Much of Crabtree‘s work is done with great detail and intricate line work with a sense of depth & purpose. He highlights the beauty and horror within technology.
The works represented in this exhibition are meditations on this subject. Mixing technology with the organic, Crabtree created works using an airbrush as his main medium. Will biomechanics create Gods or Monsters? This exhibit explores this concept.
Upcoming Shows
April 13 - April 28, 2026
This multimedia exhibition showcases a variety of works created by the students of Capital University.
April 13 - April 28, 2026
This exhibit features narratives and re-creations of outfits based on experiences answering this frequently asked question of survivors. This event occurs yearly during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Please join us to unlearn one of our culture's most prevalent rape myths.
Our mobile app
The Schumacher Gallery app is available as a free download from the iTunes App Store and the Google Play App Store.
This mobile docent app will enhance your overall experience of the gallery and provide an insider’s look of the artwork. Within each of the galleries, this app will highlight multiple pieces providing audio tours, detailed images, artist biographies, and behind-the-scene info. Plus, you can save your favorite artwork in your own collection for quick reference.
The FREE app offers:
- Audio Tours that guide you through the collection’s highlights
- Listing of current events and exhibitions to help plan your next visit
- Gallery map to navigate the gallery and see which artworks are nearby
- Visitor Information that includes driving directions, hours and admission info
- The ability to like your favorite art and create your own gallery
Visitor Information
Hours
The Schumacher Gallery will be open Monday - Friday, 12 - 4 pm and Saturday, 1 - 4:30 pm during the academic year. We are closed during the summer and on university holidays.
Directions and parking
The Gallery is located on the fourth floor of The Blackmore Library at Capital University.
Driving Directions (courtesy of Google Maps)
Parking is available on the Main Street Plaza parking at Pleasant Ridge and Mound Street - one block south of Main - and on Main St. until 4 pm, or on any of the surrounding side streets.
Visit our Maps and Locations page for a downloadable PDF of the campus map
Contact information
Contact David Gentilini by phone or email.
614-236-6319
dgentili@capital.edu