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
The Joy of Curiosity - TANGIBLY INTANGIBLE
Maquettes, dioramas and paintings by Kevin Downie
30 May to 18 July, 2026, with the opening on Saturday 30 May, 2 to 4pm.
Photos by Alec Sathiyamoorthy
Coming Up
BLOCKIES: The Failure of the Soldier Settlement Scheme
By Greg Branson
A photographic exhibition featuring a collection of powerful black and white, hand-printed, silver gelatin photographs.
25 July to 5 September, 2026
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.
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