The Lorraine Family welcomes you to visit
Warragul Art Studios and the WAS Gallery
Warragul Art Studios and the WAS Gallery is the culmination of the Lorraine family’s life long involvement in the arts. Having grown up in a family of artists, Anne Lorraine held a long time dream of creating an inspiring place to house and show their decades of creative work. Prior to acquiring the property, Anne was already familiar with 37 Latrobe Street as a fabulous and well kept example of Art Deco architecture, perfect for a gallery and art studios and worthy of renovation and preservation.
Located in the heart to Gippsland, the family now welcomes visitors to view exhibitions featuring oil and watercolour paintings, ceramics, jewellery and object design, photography and illustration.
• Please check exhibition dates on the website, WAS Gallery closes between shows for dismantling and setting up.
• WAS Gallery 2025. This year we have special events planned to celebrate our 5th anniversary.
• WAS Gallery will be closed 7 - 10 May, 2025, so WAS staff can attend the 40th Anniversary exhibition of Gray Street Workshop, Beautiful Tensions, 22 April to 6 July at Jam Factory, Adelaide. WAS family members, Sue Lorraine and Catherine Truman, co-founded Gray Street Workshop and have been involved for the 40 years. There will also be a book launch and a film premier.
Meet the Artists
Current Exhibitions
WHO LIVED HERE
From 5 April to 24 May, 2025
A history of those who lived at 37 Latrobe Street, Warragul before it became a gallery and their connections to WAS.
Exhibitions
View current and past exhibitions, as well as artwork for sale.
News
The Feeling of Words and Places I Have Been, Things I Have Seen
Conversations and Ecologicool
