City Art announces its new exhibit in the main gallery space Tony Scully: New Paintings running May 22 thru September 6, 2025. An opening reception will be held May 22th from 5pm – 8pm. 

Tony Scully grew up in Washington DC. He is a graduate of Boston College and the Yale School of Drama. His plays have been produced on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, by the Yale Repertory Theatre, the Manhattan Theatre Club, the WestBeth Theatre Center, NYC, The Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, and in numerous staged readings in Los Angeles. 

In 2023 he wrote and produced The Battle of Camden Play for the South Carolina Battlefield Trust.

He has published three books of poetry (400 poems) with Wipf & Stock publishers, and for many years has been a monthly columnist for Camden, South Carolina’s Chronicle-Independent.

As a painter, Tony painted portraits on commission for many years, but has recently begun showing his work. Last year, he had a joint exhibition of new paintings at the Kershaw County Arts Center with political cartoonist Robert Ariail. He has also exhibited for the last two years at the juried show at the Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC.

He has served on many boards, including The Humanitas Prize, Los Angeles, Irish Ethos, Los Angeles, and in South Carolina, the Columbia Children’s Theatre, the Upton Trio, and Historic Camden.

He served as Mayor of Camden, South Carolina from 2012 to 2016, and for several years has been President of the Kershaw County Historical Society.