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Human Connection Takes Shape

HUMANITY COLLABORATIONS

Learn how to challenge the assumptions, social narratives, and ingrained patterns that drive separation and misunderstanding—within ourselves, and in our relationships with others.

New possibilities emerge for navigating difference, and communicating across boundaries constructed by society and culture.

I am an artist, writer, dialogue facilitator, and cultural strategist.

I offer Humanity Collaborations—individual and group engagements that invite participants to examine our shared humanity through unconventional art, media, dialogue, and immersive experiences.

Though my work takes many forms, it is united by a simple conviction: our shared humanity is the most powerful catalyst for understanding, transformation, and belonging.

By cultivating curiosity and autonomy, you’ll learn to question what lies beneath your belief systems, and to think and see differently.

You’ll begin to notice a shift that opens new pathways to deeper understanding and connection.

Would you like to learn more about how to collaborate with me? Submit this form.

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WHO WOULD BENEFIT?

Professionals, creatives, executives, and changemakers seeking greater clarity and effectiveness in their work and lives, across corporate, cultural, educational, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors.

Through Humanity Collaborations, participants consider what it means to be fully human in a complex and divided world, bringing greater intention and presence to how they show up with those around them.

One-on-one sessions are designed specifically for each person. The experience consists of weekly one-hour sessions conducted in person or via Zoom over the course of eight weeks.

Created for meaningful engagement, group immersions span three days with two-hour sessions each day and are limited to just 20 participants.

Every meaningful collaboration begins with a conversation.

Let's Connect

For more than a decade, I have facilitated dialogues on humanity in spaces including the Portland Art Museum, The New School in New York City, and a range of public, private, and gallery settings.

The Human Blueprint

Embracing contradiction
Inquiry over certainty
Understanding complexity
Broadened self-awareness
Expansive cultural perspectives
Seeing beyond differences
Discomfort as growth
Deeper relational understanding
New perspectives on connection
Appreciation for nuance
More meaningful communication

Discover What's Possible

TESTIMONIALS

  • "Sharyll is a thought leader. Her unwavering vision and welcoming presence has been transformative. She balances safety and discomfort which creates movement, movement towards resolution and change."

    Vikki Mee, Philanthropist

  • "Sharyll is a master facilitator in waters many fear to tread, with an unparalleled ability to create a holding environment for deep reflection and insight into some of the most profound human questions."

    —Lisa Shannon, Human Rights Activist and award-winning author of A Thousand Sisters

  • "Art is one of the most powerful forces for change because some artists have the ability to hold up a mirror to our actions and our mistakes, helping us to construct new paths into the future. Sharyll Burroughs is that kind of artist."

    —Jennifer Rabin, Artist/Arts Writer

  • "Sharyll’s selections of material and personal sharing and skillful facilitation sparked deep thinking and personal investigation for all participants."

    -Lama Eric Triebelhorn

  • "The immersion was compelling, unforgettable, got under my skin - which is exactly the best thing it could do."

    Ellen G., Editor

  • “Sharyll accomplishes a most transformative thing - helping people to come to insight. And that is the architecture of evolutionary change.”

    —Tim C.

  • “The experience was illuminating and life-affirming, instructive and inspiring. In both her life and her work, Sharyll underscores the possibilities for change and evolving human consciousness.”

    Beth Harrington, Documentary Filmmaker

  • I’m grateful to have participated. Sharyll is supremely insightful. In art, writing and life, it’s vital to explore our humanity in order to begin to see things clearly, to tell an honest story, to know who we are, and who we can be.

    Felicity Fenton, Artist/Writer

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I offer a variety of
human-centered experiences.

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  • Group gatherings and an evolving anthology that celebrates radical nonconformists, a space to witness, practice, and learn from the courage of those who defy tradition. Here‍ ‍

    Photo: Yoko Ono

  • Group dialogues exploring James Baldwin’s vibrant philosophy of human connection.

    A signature experience that transcends traditional professional development, inspiring meaningful dialogue and lasting change across sectors. Here

  • One-on-one immersions that sharpen how senior leaders decide and put humans back at the center of decision-making. Here

    Art: Banksy

Be Human

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REFUGE

A series that refracts slave ship diagrams to reclaim the beauty of those who were denied their humanity

Enter Refuge

Commentary

Essays on art, culture, and human condition.

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