National Gallery of Jamaica  The National Gallery of Jamaica, in Kingston, Jamaica, is Jamaica's public art museum. It was established in 1974 and is located in the Kingston Mall, a commercial and cultural center on Kingston harbour. The National Gallery of Jamaica also has a branch in Montego Bay, National Gallery West. The gallery houses several important works, mostly by artists from Jamaica, including John Dunkley, Mallica "Kapo" Reynolds, Edna Manley, Barrington Watson, Albert Artwell, Everald Brown, Cecil Baugh, Albert Huie, Carl Abrahams, Osmond Watson, Judy Ann MacMillan, Omari Ra, Laura Facey, Jasmine Girvan, Petrona Morrison, Hope Brooks, Ebony G. Patterson, Philip Thomas and Leasho Johnson . The National Gallery also exhibits works by various international artists and traveling exhibitions. It offers research material on Jamaican art and culture, and coordinates educational programmes. In 1972 an Advisory committee was set up, including Sam Hart, Vayden McMorris, Edna Manley, Ralph Thompson, Bernard Lewis, Osmond Watson and Karl ‘Jerry’ Craig and on 22 November 1974 the National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ) opened at Devon House, supervised by Liz Milner. Its initial collection comprised 237 paintings and drawings and 25 sculptures that were transferred from the Institute of Jamaica. Maurice Facey was appointed the first Chairman of the NGJ Board of Directors and served in this capacity until 1977 when John Maxwell was appointed as the second Chairman of the Board. On 2 December 1975 the first appointments were made: David Boxer (Director/Curator), Vera Hyatt (Deputy Director), Roy Case (Director of Development). On 19 July 1976 "Five Centuries: Art in Jamaica since the Discovery", the first major survey exhibition on Jamaican art opened, curated by David Boxer. The inaugural "Annual National Exhibition opened" on 13 October 1977. It superseded the "All Island" and "Self-Taught Artist" annual exhibitions previously held at the Institute of Jamaica. In 1978 Boxer curated "The Formative Years: Art in Jamaica 1922-1940" which established 1922, the year Edna Manley arrived and started producing art in Jamaica, as the symbolic start date of modern Jamaican art. In 1979 an exhibition called "Intuitive Eye", curated by David Boxer, which introduced the concept of ‘Intuitive art’, opened. In 1981 Maurice Facey was again appointed Chairman of the NGJ Board of Directors and in 1982 the Gallery moved to the Roy West Building, downtown Kingston where "Kapo: The Larry Wirth Collection", was established as a permanent gallery.