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 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
BLOCKIES: The Failure of the Soldier Settlement Scheme
Story telling with hand printed, black and white photographs by Greg Branson
25 July to 5 September, 2026, with the opening on Saturday, 1 August, 2 to 4pm.
Greg will be giving a talk on Saturday 29 August, 2 to 4pm. He will describe his personal connection to the Soldier Settlement Scheme and discuss his images, how they were created and selected to represent the story. Visitors can view the show, the talk will start at 2:30pm and a light afternoon tea will be available.
Coming Up
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. Sue Lorraine is one of the founding members of GSW and a member of the WAS Gallery family.
Exhibitions
View current and past exhibitions, as well as artwork for sale.
News
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