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# Jim Bassler on being an artist in CA in the 60s
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/craft-in-america/extras/craft-america-jim-bassler-being-artist-ca-60s/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:52:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T19:35:02.000Z
- Description: Jim Bassler, weaver and professor, on being an artist in California during the 60s
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Craft in America, #ZZZ_Show_c673246a-8c90-499d-980f-62d4618ea1b8, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_8b719b02-1fed-4f42-9c2a-31751dcdcc33, #extra

Jim Bassler, weaver and professor, talks about being an artist in California during the 60s. With his wife Veralee they made the decision to move to Oaxaca to begin a program which introduced U.S. students to the culture on Southern Mexico. The ethnic textiles that inspired him during his travels became the foundation for his work. ORIGINS episode PBS premiere: October 7, 2009.