A Shared Art
Fill your life and your physical spaces with beautiful art. The Art & Artifact box contains a new work of art from an artist you care about and is created for you to enjoy and share tangible beauty.

A Shared Story
When you receive your Art & Artifact box, not only are you receiving beautiful art and artifacts, but you are connecting in tangible ways with your artist's story. Their inspirations, struggles, perspectives, and doubts are just a few things that authentically contribute to the creation of your box.

A Shared Experience
At A Shared Humanity we pursue shared experiences that are honest and authentic. Art & Artifact is one way to share experiences with artists you care about, both through the quarterly box as well as through live gatherings.

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I’ve learned a lot from my mentee. I’ve learned that it’s possible to have true joy in the midst of really difficult
circumstances when you have faith in our God, and when you feel like you have a purpose for being there.
I’ve learned that having a genuine friendship with someone who’s in your corner can really make a difference in whether or not you’re going to reach the goals you’ve set for yourself. I’ve learned that I have a lot to learn from my mentee, in particular because she has a very different family background than I, and because she’s grown up in a very different environment. She has learned a lot of lessons in hard ways that I have yet to learn.— Korin

The Olive alley is cool when certain people aren't around—which is few and far between. Other then that it is great. I'm looking forward to the opening of the [City Hope Community] center. The family is great, so I know it will be good for everyone.— Ken, aka Flash

It’s amazing the things that we’ve accomplished in the last year, things that have never been accomplished in the county jails. It’s wonderful to be obedient to what God wants you to do. You know, we’re not here for show, we’re here for love.— Yolanda

I guess the hardest part is coming to terms with the mistakes I’ve made in my life, thinking about the effect they’ve had on people I’ve cared about, and knowing that sometimes it may not be fixed. I have to accept a lot of responsibility for what I’ve done.— Jason

What breaks my heart is that sometimes we never
look at life from a recipient perspective. I think we
often have our view of life, and we don’t stop to
think how other people perceive things. When we
allow others to get a glimpse of that, we can build
compassion in other folks. And I think loving the
poor the way the Bible lays it out for us is really
about seeing life from their view and seeing us as
them.— Paul

One of the hardest things about my job is when the
suffering really hits you. Sometimes you get used to
it, and you have to because you interact with it all
the time. People all around me interact with it all the
time, and deal with it in amazing ways. But there are
times when something just really strikes a chord, or
somebody you know personally...something
happens...you know, it’s personal.— Katherine

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"This skateboard is my girlfriend. She goes with me everywhere. I say, 'Hey, let’s go!' She says, 'No problem!'""Does she have a name?""No, no name. Just my skateboard."— Felix (Chile)[Portrait created in Chiang Mai, Thailand]

"My passion is coffee and latte art. My dream is to have my own small home, a happy family, and my own coffee shop."— Meaw (Thailand)

What advice would you give to people who are traveling?Jordan: “Look after each other. Go out and have a good time. Enjoy yourself. Don’t get silly. And don’t go out if you’re going to get smashed. Our friend got smashed and fell asleep in a tuk tuk in Chiang Mai, and got robbed of 22,000 baht. He fell asleep, they saw the opportunity and took it. He was held at knifepoint in a shed for about 4 hours. The only reason I think he’s alive is because he just got back from a tour in Afghanistan. He’s seen so much worse. He could kick the shit out of somebody and still be alive. So he was calm and just sat there, gave them what they wanted, and that was it.”— Jordan (Cardiff, South Wales) and Katie (Chester, England)[Portrait created in Chiang Mai, Thailand]

"Everyone has a story, and I think that deep down inside each person is the desire to do good. The key is to find that in each person."— Peter (Bangkok, Thailand)[Portrait created in Chiang Mai, Thailand]

”I love meeting local people in other countries. I was in Sihanoukville in Cambodia and I met a local family. They came up to me, but didn’t speak English, and I didn’t speak Khmer. We couldn’t understand each other. But we shared some meals together, and soon I was helping with a construction project on the beach. At first there were just a couple kids hanging out with us while we were working. But soon there were about seven kids. Other families started coming out to see what was going on, because they saw some guys and a bunch of kids hanging out on the beach building something. It was a great connection, and I learned a lot. It’s a memory that will stay with me for a long time.”— Fabio (Italy)[Portrait created in Chiang Mai, Thailand]

”My parents weren’t rich, so they couldn’t leave me an inheritance. All I had was myself. That was the inheritance my parents left me.“…“I don’t have anything to give my children. I have nothing. I have just enough for eating and sleeping. The only thing I could do was send them to school. But when that was finished they had to work. I had nothing to give them.”…“Leaving an inheritance is for rich people. The poor don’t have anything. It’s the same everywhere. We can just barely raise our children and provide for them a place to sleep, but we can’t leave them an inheritance.”— Somchai (Thailand)[Note: This was a challenging conversation due to our language differences. I didn’t speak Thai well enough, and he couldn’t speak English well enough. I tried to ask him what he wanted his legacy to be, but later discovered he thought I was asking him about material inheritance. He was difficult to understand as he attempted to use both Thai and English. After getting assistance from a translator, I have shared his thoughts as accurately as possible.]

“I haven’t thought much about the future. I just think about what to do tomorrow. Or even at the moment, what I’m going to do after this.”— Parinya (Thailand)

”Have you learned anything new about yourself during your travels?”Karol: “Actually, no. Sorry if that’s a disappointing answer. We’re just here to get some good rest, have good food, and see some beautiful views of Thailand. That was the main purpose of our trip.”— Karol and Olivia (Poland)[Portrait created in Chiang Mai, Thailand]

”The most important thing for me is to be free.”— Chris (France)[Portrait created in Chiang Mai, Thailand]

”I was raised a Christian, but I quit going to church and developed a drug problem. I was kicked out on the street by my family. I was lying all the time. I was trying to be somebody I wasn’t. But people saw right through me, and they knew that wasn’t the real me. I was eventually redeemed from that, and when I quit drugs and started going to church, my mom was ecstatic. But I had been lying and doing drugs for so many years it was hard for her to take me seriously. I think sometimes in the back of her mind she was wondering if it was going to last. So, it took a while to rebuild the relationships with my parents, my brother, my whole family.”Now I really value honesty in my life. When you find your identity in Jesus Christ, it doesn’t matter who you are or what you are to other people. As long as your identity is in Jesus, you can be completely transparent and other people will see that and notice that something is different about you.”— Joey (Houston, Texas, USA)[Portrait created in Chiang Mai, Thailand]

”Be happy. Do something you like, and find balance in life. That’s all.””Are you happy?”“Yes.”— Jaelle (France; living in Italy)[Portrait created in Chiang Mai, Thailand]

Sven: “When I travel I enjoy climbing mountains, seeing the views, and imagining how tiny we are as human beings. And you really just need to go out the door and do it. Some people dream about traveling, but never do it. That’s a problem. When you travel you learn a lot about yourself, what you can do, what you can’t do on your own. And then you realize all people have the same kinds of problems, and that you aren’t alone. There are a lot of people out there that care about the same things you care about.”— Sven and Doreen (Germany)[Portrait created in Chiang Mai, Thailand]

"I don’t have time to play. I have to work all the time.""What would you like to do in the future?""I would like to go back home to live with my mother."— Liya, with younger sister, Nita (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)

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