Painting the Energy: Ivanna LunAzul at INSTITUT
This past season, INSTITUT hosted its first artist residency in July, bringing live painting into the space alongside its weekly performances. Artist Agata Ivanna Pogorelsky, known as Ivanna LunAzul, painted in real time as musicians and performers took the stage, responding to the sound, movement and atmosphere of each night.
Spooky Reads for October
It’s spooky season! Come into SVI’s Library for some sweet boooo-ks this October. It’s all treats, no tricks around our library!
Ukrainian Heritage Month Wrap
Thank you for a beautiful Heritage Month!
Ukrainian Heritage Month was a full one. From the library to our basement, from the festival to the candlelight poetry night: thank you for showing up, engaging, and making it what it was.
How do we choose where our dreams take us?
Writer and curator Anna Matviichuk steps through a black curtain into "By the Window," an immersive Ukrainian dinner hosted by Mark and Yulia in the SVI basement. Borshch, lullabies, charcoal, and lace, remembered like a dream.
Delicious Reads for September
SVI Library is dedicated to promote and provide information about Ukraine and is ready to serve curious and open minds.
Ukraine to Present National Pavilion at TIFF: The Market 2026
Three world premieres connected to Ukraine, a National Pavilion at TIFF's new film market, and a reception co-hosted by SVI. Ukrainian cinema at TIFF 2026.
In Memory of Daria Alyoshkina
Ukrainian artist Daria Alyoshkina passed away suddenly in Lviv on August 15, 2026, at the age of 44. SVI remembers her monumental vytynanky, her debut in Canada, and the works she leaves in our permanent collection.
Yaroslav Barnych: Laughter and Tears in Ukrainian Music History
In November 1943, the Gestapo stormed the première of Yaroslav Barnych's operetta Sharika in occupied Stanyslaviv. His handwritten account of that night is held in the SVI Library, along with scores and letters by one of Ukraine's most beloved operetta composers.
Paint, Porcelain, and Pages: A Living Archive of Natalka Husar
Nine catalogues on a kitchen table. Nearly 50 years of work. Natalka Husar on the characters who have lived through what Ukraine has lived through.
My first dance shaped the rest of my residency at the SVI
I arrived on the first Thursday evening with my camera in hand, ready to document the event at INSTITUT. Instead, someone invited me onto the dance floor.
What Burns in Kyiv Reaches Toronto
One hundred thousand historic costumes. An 11th-century monastery. A museum on fire. In a single night, Russia struck at the heart of Ukrainian civilization — and the loss is felt here too.
SVI Librarians in Action
SVI Library is dedicated to promote and provide information about Ukraine and is ready to serve curious and open minds.
INSTITUT. Finally.
ONE NIGHT A WEEK only in its pilot season, INSTITUT boasts highly curated cultural programming (music, cinema, literature and art) every Thursday from 5pm until late in the basement auditorium of St. Volodymyr Institute
Not lost in Translation
SVI Library is dedicated to promote and provide information about Ukraine and is ready to serve curious and open minds.
Fresh Picks for Spring
SVI Library is dedicated to promote and provide information about Ukraine and is ready to serve curious and open minds.
