QUICK TAKES - Feb. 14, 2009

In its second changing of the guard in the last six months, the Pasadena Museum of California Art has appointed Jenkins Shannon as executive director.

Shannon, who joined the museum’s staff in 2004 as director of corporate and foundation affairs, has served as associate and acting director for three years. She succeeds Christopher Mount, who took charge of the museum on Aug. 1 and departed in mid-January “to pursue other things,” the museum’s spokeswoman said.

-- Suzanne Muchnic