McNay Art Museum Tim Burtons the Nightmare Before Christmas Exhibition December 22, 2008

DATES/TIMES: September 3, 2008 — January 4, 2009 Museum Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 10 am — 4 pm; Thursday, 10 am — 9 pm; Saturday, 10 am — 5 pm; and Sunday, noon — 5 pm. COST:No charge for general museum admission on Thursdays from 4 to 9 pm and on the first Sunday of the month. McNay members — free; Adults — $8; Students 13 and under — $5; Seniors — $5; Active military — $5; Children 12 and under — free An additional admission charge applies during select special exhibitions. DESCRIPTION: On view from Wednesday, September 3, 2008 through January 4, 2009, The Nightmare Before Christmas exhibition explores Burton’s revolutionary use of stop-motion animation technique, a painstaking process dating back to the origins of cinema in the 1890s, requiring each frame to be exposed one at a time, as objects were moved. It took Burton two years to complete The Nightmare Before Christmas. Over a dozen figures, set pieces, and props used in the making of the movie will be shown in the exhibition. These include sets of the library of Jack Skellington’s mountaintopTower and the Armory of Oogie Boogie’s henchmen Lock, Shock, and Barrel. Viewers will see how Jack’s wiry body, dressed in a pinstriped tuxedo and batwings bowtie, can bend into different poses. The wooden floor of the Armory and spiral staircase of Jack’s Tower are drilled with holes where the figures were attached and reattached moving through the set for the 24 photographs needed to make a single second of stop-motion animation. Museum Admission applies to Non-members and is Free for Members. Parking is free in the McNay Visitor Parking Lot. No charge for general museum admission on Thursdays from 4 to 9 pm and on the first Sunday of the month. The McNayArt Museum is located at 6000 North New Braunfels, San Antonio, 78209. For additional information about this and other Exhibitions, please refer to www.mcnayart.org or contact Public Relations and Marketing by e-mail: prmedia@mcnayart.org.