L to R: John Tierney, Rawn Tarrant, and Valerie Ashely. John Tierney was the motivating force and founding father of the Artisans Program. John was an amazing teacher, widely known funrituremaker and visionalry. Before working with Covenant House, he worked as an administrator at Hampshire College in Amherst. MA, at Boston University and was the owner of Leeds Design Workshop, a woodworking school in Easthampton, MA. He passed away in October of 2001.