Beyond Boundaries

Beyond Division

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HUMANITY COLLABORATIONS

Who are we before culture tells us who we are?

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

I offer Humanity Collaborations— participatory experiences that engage individuals and groups in exploring our humanity through unconventional art, media, dialogue, and immersive experiences. There is a unique opportunity to challenge assumptions, social narratives, and patterns that contribute to separation and misunderstanding.

By cultivating curiosity and autonomy, you’ll learn to think and see differently. New possibilities emerge for building reciprocal relationships, navigating difference, and collaborating across boundaries constructed by society and culture.

You’ll begin to notice that the ways we perceive ourselves and others are not absolute, and that shift opens new paths for connection, understanding, and collaboration in life and work.

One-on-one sessions are designed specifically for each person. Human Collaboration experiences consist of weekly one-hour sessions conducted in person or via Zoom over the course of eight weeks.

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.

My artwork has been exhibited in museums and galleries across Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle.

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Beneath The Surface

Human Connection in Practice

Embracing contradiction

Embracing questions

Understanding complexity
Broadened self-awareness

Expansive views on culture 

Seeing beyond cultural differences

Embodying discomfort as growth

Deeper relational understanding
New perspectives on connection
Greater appreciation for nuance
More meaningful communication

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

    -Lama Eric Triebelhorn

  • "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 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 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

  • "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.

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The Dharma of

James Baldwin

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

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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.

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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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REFUGE

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