In this gallery talk, artists Melinda Wax and Rebecca Allan discuss the unique forms and materials of hats from the 1930s and 1940s and their appearance in films of the era. This program also includes admis­sion to “Wearing the Lost Generation,” a musical salon featuring hats by milliner Trivál, at Symphony Space.

5:00 pm, gallery talk at BGC
7:30 pm, musical salon at Symphony Space, Broadway & 95th

Rebecca Allan is a painter and head of education at the BGC.

Melinda Wax is an artist, milliner, and adjunct professor at Parsons The New School for Design.