At their back-to-school seminar last week, returning Los Altos Art Docents met trainees over lunch after a warm welcome from trustee Victor Reid III and an inspiring presentation by Cathy Kimball, executive director of the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art. Kimball told the docents that she was once timid about asking for attention for arts programs. Her attitude now is, “We are doing really important, really critical work, and you (the public) should come and find out about it.” Here, Reid shows docents a painting by one of his daughters, who as a child was taught by the art docents.