Felia Davenport holds a BFA in theatre with an emphasis in costume design from Virginia Commonwealth University and an MFA in costume design from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She has won many awards for her costume design work from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and Southeastern Theatre Conference, and her work was recognized at USITT (United States Institute for Theatre Technology). She has also been honored to have her designs be shown at the Prague Quadrennial, which is an international exhibition of theatre designers and artists from over fifty countries. Over the years, she has worked for theatres in Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Missouri as a designer or a crafts artisan.

As a designer her professional credits include Preemptive which premiered at the Shaw Theatre in London and at the National Theatre in Nigeria; Equus (HotCity Theatre); Black Pearl Sings (St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre Company); The Eight Reindeer Monologues (HotCity Theatre); O Pioneers!, a world premiere opera at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center; Lakme (Union Avenue Opera); Music and Moves, Disconnect, and various other dance pieces for Modern American Dance Company; The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Stray Dog Theatre); The Odd Couple, A Year with Frog and Toad, The Trojan Women, and Fences (The Clarence Brown Theatre); The Waiting Room (The Actors Studio); Boesman and Lena (St. Louis Black Repertory Company); Sarafina (St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre Company); and The Misanthrope (Clarence Brown Theatre). She has also designed clothing for local Motown musical groups as well as contributing to the August Wilson Series which appeared at the Kennedy Center.