In the early 20th century. As part of the regionalism movement in Siberia, efforts were made to create centers of local arts and crafts. Experiments continued in the 1920s. Interest in folk art increased again at the end of the 20th century, when the processes of actualization of authentic ethnic values began in post-Soviet Russia. In 2005, the program "Revival, preservation and development of folk arts and crafts, traditional folk crafts and arts and crafts in the Altai Republic (2005-2010)" was approved. The program became an incentive for the development of folk crafts centers in Altai. The most famous among them are the workshops "Kezer" (Gorno-Altaisk) and "Turina Gora" (Barnaul). Despite all the differences in the technique and style of production, they focus on creative synthesis. Creating a new plastic language, the masters of modern art crafts of Altai combine the times and cultures of Eurasia into a single whole. Keywords: Altai folk arts and crafts, traditions and innovations of New Paganism. With the beginning of transformations in the 1990s in Russia, on the wave of the rise of ethnic consciousness and the revival of national culture, the restoration of folk crafts began. Along with well-known traditional craft centers, new structures have emerged. In Siberia, the search for artistic regional color was carried out at the junction of aboriginal and Slavic artistic traditions. The origins of the "Siberian" theme in the applied arts of the region date back to the 19th century. At that time, the search for local color and the creation of an original artistic culture were part of the movement for the transformation of the Asian part of Russia. At the turn of the XX - XXI centuries, Siberians associated its future with the synthesis of the achievements of Europe and Asia. Even then, attempts were being made to create art crafts in Siberia. But due to the specifics of the region's development, these initiatives have not been developed. Handicrafts in Siberia a ... Read more