It certainly may seem difficult to believe these days, but Baryn Futa has not always possessed the deep appreciation for the arts he demonstrates now. In fact, most of his life was spent outside of the art world. Thankfully, something was sparked during his retirement, when he took a job with the Denver Art Museum. Ever since, he has developed a great appreciation for what the fine arts mean to any culture. It is that knowledge that has transformed him into a major art supporter and patron. While his deep attraction to the art world may have been surprising, it made him happy and gave him purpose.

While he was at the DAM, Baryn Futa fully embraced his love of art and tried to cultivatethat new love by attending art fairs and museum exhibitions and anything else he could find that seemed interesting. He took art classes and even began his own art collection, which has grown to be very extensive and impressive. These days, Baryn Futa is trying to change everything. He believes that art is too often taken for granted and not appreciated as a priority, so he has made it his life’s work to support the arts as a benefactor and lover of fine art. Brilliant artists should be appreciated enough to thrive, so he does what he can to make that happen.

The arts are more than pretty pictures or statues. And the high arts are much more than meets the eye. Baryn Futa is an arts benefactor and appreciator who shares his knowledge with others to gain additional support, love and dollars for the arts community.

Futa recognizes that most individuals think of the globally famous works of arts such as Starry Night or Mona Lisa when they hear the word “art.” But it goes well beyond that world-renowned art history. The arts extend to visual displays, pottery, poetry, photography, cartoons, sketches and painting. It’s viewed on sides of buildings and within exhibitions large and small. It’s unknown names who create beauty. And, adds Barun Futa, the high arts goes beyond this; the high arts are culturally appreciated by those with the most cultivated, sophisticated taste who can see beyond the outer facade to the artistic piece’s greater meaning.

Many people have asked what drives Baryn Futa's work in support of the fine arts as both a benefactor and as a collector of fine art, but the answer is apparent to anyone who bothers to look at his record. Baryn has said he is distressed that so many brilliant artists do their work without sufficient appreciation. They don’t thrive enough, so he spends a lot of his time doing everything he can to rectify the situation.

Baryn Futa didn't always have such a deep appreciation for the arts. As a matter of fact, his art appreciation started rather late; it wasn't until he retired and began working with the Denver Art Museum that he began to appreciate the importance of the arts. Few people were more surprised than Baryn Futa that he felt such a deep attraction to the art world, but he accepted it and went with it wholeheartedly. That is why used his time at the DAM to cultivate his love of the arts and art history by attending art fairs and museum exhibitions and anything else he could find.

From the perspective of Baryn Futa, it is virtually impossible to overstate the immense societal importance of the fine arts. They are the primary identifier of every society and, as a necessary and defining element of any culture, the arts are a touchstone from one generation to another. The purpose for preserving art now is so that our descendants can know something about us. Baryn Futa believes we owe it to our grandchildren to preserve as much art as possible for the future.

That is a pretty high level of certainty about the value of art, especially when you consider that he does not have an entire life of appreciation for art and artists. In fact, his love of art came somewhat late in life, when he retired and took a job with the Denver Art Museum. Something sparked in him then, and since then, he has developed a great appreciation for what the fine arts mean to every culture. He is now a major art supporter and patron, with a phenomenal collection of art pieces, many of which he loans to museums, in order to bring about a greater appreciation for art on the part of the public.

Even though art appreciation is considered by most to a key element of every human society and should be supported, too often artists are taken for granted and their art is not appreciated as a priority. That neglect serves as a primary driver for Baryn Futa's work in support of the fine arts, as both a benefactor and someone who simply appreciates the finer things in life.

To Baryn Futa’s mind, brilliant artists are not appreciated enough to thrive, so he has spent his life doing as much as he can to help. And while nearly everyone appreciates the arts on some level, not everyone is in a position to support the arts to the extent that is needed. Baryn Futa realize that he is in a position of having the ability to support arts and artists, so he is obviously trying to take on as much of the responsibility for art that he can shoulder. While he sees the arts as a as a profitable and useful investment, he also sees art preservation as a necessity that benefits all of society. The reason his art collection is very extensive now, it is not because of the potential return on investment; he has no intention of selling his art for a profit. He collects art because investment is the best method for preserving art for the future.

Baryn Futa was actually late to the party. He certainly didn't always have such a deep appreciation for the arts. It wasn't until he retired and began working with the Denver Art Museum that he began to appreciate the importance of art to society. No one was more surprised than he that he felt such a deep attraction to the art world.

Even though most agree that art is a key element of every human society and that it should always be supported and protected to the extent possible, too often the opposite is true. Baryn Futa is frustrated by the reality that art is taken for granted and not appreciated as a priority. That is what drives Baryn Futa's work in support of the fine arts, as someone with a deep appreciation of art, as well as a benefactor. Brilliant artists are not sufficiently appreciated; they should all thrive, not just eke out a bare living. That’s why he spends so much of his time these days doing what he can to rectify that situation, which he finds embarrassing.

Baryn Futa didn't always have such a deep and abiding appreciation for the arts. In fact, most of his life, he was apparently too busy to care. It wasn't until he retired and started to work with the Denver Art Museum that something inside sparked and burned inside. That is when he developed his appreciation for the sheer importance of the arts. From then on, he has cultivated his love of the arts and art history by attending art fairs and museum exhibitions and anything else he could find and then by establishing his own art collection, which has grown very extensive and highly impressive.

Baryn Futa sometimes loans his pieces to museums, in a bid to preserve the art, and he also holds memberships in many renowned art museums with their own impressive collections, such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, and The Jewish Museum. His overall goal is to make sure as many people as possible appreciate the arts the way he does and want to preserve it for as long as possible.