Galleries

The Village Art Gallery

Daytona and the Space Coast · Cocoa

About

At 200 Brevard Avenue, right in the heart of Historic Cocoa Village, The Village Art Gallery brings together the work of more than fifty five local and nationwide artists under one roof. The gallery describes itself as a fine art gallery representing a wide range of mediums, including paintings, photography, jewelry, pottery, stained glass, and sculpture, giving visitors a chance to browse a genuinely varied cross section of what working artists in the region are producing.

Beyond its role as a gallery space, the shop also offers furniture repair and picture framing services, making it a practical stop for Cocoa Village residents who need a piece restored or a print properly matted and framed, not just a place to browse finished work. The gallery has also built a niche selling new and used ukuleles alongside custom guitars, an unusual but welcome addition for the local music community and a reminder that small independent galleries in a walkable downtown like Cocoa Village often end up serving several roles for their neighborhood at once.

The gallery can be reached by phone or by email through its listed contact, and its storefront sits among the cluster of independent shops, restaurants, and cultural venues that make up the pedestrian friendly core of Cocoa Village, within easy walking distance of the Cocoa Village Playhouse and the Library of Florida History. Because so many of the artists represented are local, the inventory tends to shift regularly as new pieces come in and others sell, so regular visitors will often find something different each time they stop by.

For a town the size of Cocoa, sustaining a fine art gallery representing dozens of working artists for an extended run is no small feat, and The Village Art Gallery has become a fixture of the historic district’s identity as an arts destination, not just a shopping and dining one. Visitors planning a day trip to Cocoa Village to see a show at the Playhouse or tour the Brevard Museum often build in time to browse the gallery’s rotating inventory as part of the same outing.

Locally made jewelry and pottery in particular make popular souvenirs for visitors looking for something more distinctive than typical tourist merchandise, while the framing and furniture repair services keep the gallery connected to the practical needs of its neighbors, not just visitors passing through. The combination of retail gallery, custom framing counter, and instrument shop under one roof is unusual even by the standards of a district as densely packed with small businesses as Cocoa Village.

Anyone interested in supporting working artists directly, commissioning a custom frame, or simply spending an afternoon browsing an eclectic mix of fine art and craft in a historic downtown setting will find The Village Art Gallery worth the stop during any visit to Cocoa Village.