Donna Veeder graduated with a BFA from the University of Georgia.  She also studied figure and portraits for 16 years at Munson Williams Proctor School of Art. 

Donna taught art at Herkimer County Community College, Owen D. Young Central School, and until 1999, at the Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts.

She has exhibited her artwork at many juried shows in regional art snows including Cooperstown Art Association, Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts, Utica Art Association, Kirkland Regional, "Good old Summertime" at MWP; and at the Central Adirondack Regional, Masters Division.  Many awards were presented for Donna's work through the years.  Her solo shows have been seen at South Shore Arts Gallery and a retrospective of her work was displayed at Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts in 2002.