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 will be closed for an exhibition set up and a bit of a break from 6 to 25 September, 2026.
On the 26 September is the opening of our major exhibition by Sue Lorraine which will run until 7 November.
WAS Gallery opened on 7 February with our first exhibition for the year. We will end the year on 19 December, reopening on 6 February, 2027.
Meet the Artists
Current Exhibitions
Loose ends
By Sue Lorraine
Objects, occasional furniture and unanswered questions.
26 September to 7 November, 2026
This is WAS Gallery's major exhibition for the year and runs in conjunction with the 40th Anniversary show of Gray Street Workshop at Bunjil Place, Narre Warren, 24Sept to 15 Nov. Sue Lorraine is one of the founding members of GSW and a member of the WAS Gallery family.
Photos by Grant Hancock.
Coming Up
Healing Together
By Simone Favelle, Rochelle Hine and friends.
An art exhibition to celebrate the launch of their new book Healing Conversations.
14 November to 19 December, 2026
Be part of the experience by participating in this interactive exhibition. We hope community members who engage will feel free to interpret this theme of 'healing together' however it resonates; some of the sub-themes we explore in our book are: grief, parenting, belonging and hope.
Exhibitions
View current and past exhibitions, as well as artwork for sale.
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