We’ve known for a long time now that regular arts education for elementary school kids can really spark their creativity. But we also know that it’s often among the first programs to be cut when budgets get tight. But for more than 50 years, a group of volunteer docents at the San Jose Museum of Art have been doing their part — and probably yours and mine, too — to keep the arts accessible to classrooms.

Toby Fernald, a Saratoga resident and former trustee for the Museum of Art, started volunteering in 1986 and says that she and other longtime docents like Rich Karson, Jeff Bordona, Bill Faulkner see it as more than a way to pass the time.

“We have remained involved because we love the museum, see its great value in the community and believe in art as an integral part of all human beings

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