BMoA embracing period of change

With three executive directors in two years and the loss of a popular and influential curator, it's been a period of seismic transition at the Bakersfield Museum of Art, which will celebrate its 60th anniversary next year. But with change comes the freedom to try new approaches to get people through the doors, among other challenges -- and even stumble from time to time in the process, said Mark Engelien, 68, a retired Bakersfield architect who was hired as executive director by the museum&#