Donna has worked in the arts for over 25 years.

As well as running classes, workshops and art holidays she regularly gets involved in community art projects within the City of York and works on a freelance basis in professional theatre.

In the theatre world she has designed shows, painted scenery (she was scenic artist at the West Yorkshire Playhouse for a number of years) and made props / costumes for many companies including York Theatre Royal, West Yorkshire Playhouse / Leeds Playhouse, Oxford Playhouse, Shakespeare's Rose Theatre and York Minster Mystery Plays.

In recent years she has been developing her own art practice and now regularly exhibits both with the Westside Artists collective, and independently.

Qualified with:

B.A. (Hons) in Multi-disciplinary Design

Post Graduate Diploma in Theatre Design

PGCE in Post Compulsory Education and Training