Winter break offers time for art My Art Shed is gifting a number of good deals this holiday season, from discounts on classes to free family events to fun three-day winter art camps for children. The part-gallery, part-art school located at 7426 Girard Ave., is inspiring patients at Rady Children’s Hospital to dream big with its upcoming “Six Impossible Things” event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Dec. 18. A portion of the crafts and cards made at the free family event will be donated to the hospital, where children face health challenges on a daily basis. For those who want something to do inside during the chilly winter months, two three-day, full- or half-day camps are also being offered for children ages 5 to 15 at My Art Shed. The winter camp series, from Dec. 19 to 21, and the New Years camp series from Dec. 27 to Dec. 29, will consist of painting, drawing, sculpture, crafting, music and yoga. Each full day of camp, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., is $90, each half-day, either from 9 a.m. to noon or from noon to 3 p.m., is $45, and three full days is $255. My Art Shed is also offering a deal for children or adults with a buy one, get one 50-percent-off deal on a package of eight children’s or adult classes until Dec. 31. The classes never expire, are transferable among family members and can be used for any art program. For more information or to sign up for classes, visit www.myartshed.com or call (858) 454-4499. La Jolla Library calls for art submissions The La Jolla Library Art Gallery will present a juried exhibition, “New Directions in Art,” March 4 through May 11. The exhibition will feature some of the creative and exploratory energy that abounds in the art community. Area artists are encouraged to submit their work. Submissions are due Jan. 13. Entry forms are available at the La Jolla/Riford Library or may be downloaded from the library’s website at www.lajollalibrary.org. For more information, contact head librarian Catherine Greene at 858-552-1567. A fair warning for gallery’s new show Thumbprint Gallery held an opening reception for its show, “Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You,”?on Dec. 10. The show, which runs through Jan 8 at the gallery located at 920 Kline St. #104, features the work of artists Keemowerks and Christopher Konecki. Konecki creates natural images with an unnatural style of acrylic paint and aerosol cans. His latest work confronts an inevitable future where hardship is constant, but the human spirit carries on, drawing inspiration from past events like the Great Depression and Dust Bowl and taking an irreverent look at mankind’s self-destructive behavior in times of great hardship. Keemowerk’s style consists of intricate multilayer stencils mainly in black and white. Inspired by Japanese animation, he creates portraits of Mary Jane Skulls for an ongoing series where the goal is to complete 100 portraits.