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.
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.
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.
