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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.

Human First, Begin Here

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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

Explore

I offer a variety of human-centered experiences.

  • What does it mean to be human? Group dialogues explore this question and James Baldwin’s philosophy of the human. Here.

  • I help leaders identify the cultural forces, incentives, and status dynamics influencing their judgment. The result is making more nuanced decisions. Here.

  • Group gatherings and an evolving anthology that celebrates the language of nonconformity. Here.

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

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.

About

  • "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

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

    -Lama Eric Triebelhorn

  • "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 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

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

    Ellen G., Editor

  • “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

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

    —Tim C.

DISCOVER

WHAT’SPOSSIBLE

REFUGE

Refracting slave ship diagrams to reclaim the beauty of those who were denied their humanity. Art is a human connector.

Enter Refuge

The Dharma of

James Baldwin

An exploration of James Baldwin’s philosophy of the human.

Join the Dialogue

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HUMANITY

For Leaders and

Decision Makers

A thought-provoking art-based immersion that develops nuanced thinking, sharpens communication, and cultivates human-centered leadership.

You've mastered the game.
Now examine the rules.

Understand the forces that drive behavior, ambition, and belief in modern society—and cultivate the wisdom to direct your attention, commitment, and energy toward what truly matters–– people, not spreadsheets.

Clarity is a competitive edge.

Start the Immersion

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A monthly gathering and an evolving essay anthology exploring the language of nonconformity across voices, disciplines, and ways of life—centered on radical thought, dialogue, and shared humanity.

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