THE MUTUAL GALLERY AND ART CENTRE WAS CREATED IN 1975 BY THE JAMAICA MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY WHOSE CORPORATE PHILOSOPHY WAS TO EMBRACE ACTIVITIES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND WERE ALSO PROFITABLE INVESTMENTS.
The donation of the space was a philanthropic gesture from the Jamaica Mutual Life Assurance Society as a contribution to the development of the Arts in Jamaica. At that time it was called the Mutual Life Gallery.