Email to: Tierney@artshorizons.org

Tierney Fitzmartin works in development and arts education. As a fundraiser and grant writer she has worked with nonprofit organizations such as the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and The Institute of Music for Children. As the Founder and former Director of Youth Theater, a nonprofit performing arts school in Maplewood, New Jersey, Tierney oversaw all marketing campaigns, sponsorships, and fundraising events. Her background in New York theater includes casting, producing, and working with prominent playwrights as an Associate Agent at the William Morris Agency.

Tierney combines her passion for the arts with the joy of working with children and young adults, by serving as a Theater Teaching Artist. She leads Professional Development workshops, designs program curricula, has a NJ Teaching Certificate, and launched a theater program for the Rafael Hernandez School, a K-8 public school in Newark. Tierney received her B.F.A., with a minor in Arts Administration, from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.