Willa Van Nostrand
Multidisciplinary Artist + Curator | Performance, Music & Hospitality
2026 ー Graduate Studies: Expressive + Creative Arts, Salve Regina University
2025 ー Goldman Sachs 10KSB Certificate of Entrepreneurship (25), CCRI
2023 ー Recipient of City of Providence Outstanding Citizen Award*
2019 ー Recipient of Providence Design Catalyst Award*
2010 ー Founded World’s Fair Gallery + Little Bitte
2005 ー 2009 Sarah Lawrence College B.A. in Theatre & Visual Art
2007 ー 2008 Il Bisonte School of Printmaking, Intaglio, Florence, Italy
2005 ー The Putney School, Putney, VT
Willa Van Nostrand (she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist, musician, writer, and master mixologist based between Providence, Rhode Island and Italy. Her work is driven by seasonality, color, sensory exploration, and the many facets of hospitality. Willa is a guest professor at Johnson & Wales University, ALMA Scuola, and Harvard University. Her work has been featured in Vogue, The Boston Globe, Cherrybombe, Domino Magazine, SeriousEats & Food52. Willa ghostwrites culinary recipes for some of Hollywood’s biggest names. She consults with luxury brands including Vanderbilt Hotels, Auberge Resorts, Casa Lawa, New York Film Festival, and Campari International (client list on request). She owns Little Bitte Artisanal Cocktails, an international award-winning garden-to-glass cocktail company, and World’s Fair Gallery, an experiential art space that presents new work at the intersection of contemporary art, food and taste.
She currently resides between Providence and Tiverton, Rhode Island with her partner and her pup, Mimosa.
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