Artistic amateurism as a sociocultural phenomenon

The article examines the essence of “amateurism” and “amateur activities”, reveals differences between amateur activity from other kinds of folk art activities. In this paper, a brief analysis of the historical development and artistic amateurism allows you not to repeat today admitted earlier miscalculations and mistakes, to learn from previously accumulated experience is positive and productive and enrich the ethno-cultural modern theory and practice.