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Black Poetic Astronomy
is a framework for questioning the cosmos.

SUMMER 2026

SUMMER 2026

Ancient pasts,
collective present,
imagined futures.

Ancient pasts,
collective present,
imagined futures.

Black Poetic Astronomy is a framework for questioning the cosmos. Together we’ll explore our ancient pasts, collective present, and imagined future relations to the cosmos and our inner worlds.

We do this by exploring the relations between different knowledge systems, particularly indigenous, ancient, and black knowledge systems. Black Poetic Astronomy traverses and maps the venn diagram of fundamental physics and black feminist poetry.

Each cohort will reclaim inquiry through six modules: Ancestral Cosmologies, Gravity, Fluids, Constellations, Combustion, Black Holes.

Black Poetic Astronomy is a framework for questioning the cosmos. Together we’ll explore our ancient pasts, collective present, and imagined future relations to the cosmos and our inner worlds.

We do this by exploring the relations between different knowledge systems, particularly indigenous, ancient, and black knowledge systems. Black Poetic Astronomy traverses and maps the venn diagram of fundamental physics and black feminist poetry.

Each cohort will reclaim inquiry through six modules: Ancestral Cosmologies, Gravity, Fluids, Constellations, Combustion, Black Holes.

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ANCESTRAL COSMOLOGIES

02
GRAVITY

03
FLUIDS

04 CONSTELLATIONS

05
COMBUSTION

06
BLACK HOLES

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COHORTS

No technical experience with science or poetry is necessary, just your curiosity, participation and openness to experiment in ways of knowing.

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MODULES

Summer Cohorts

Over the course of the summer, we will offer two containers for collective study: an immersive two-week in-person Atlanta cohort and an expansive 7-week virtual cohort. The series will culminate in an in-person weekend retreat in Wonder Valley, CA.

CONTAINER 01

CONTAINER 01

Atlanta

Atlanta

DATES

JULY 18 - AUG 1,2026
02 WEEKS | 06 SESSIONS

Saturdays 11A-1PM, Tuesdays 7-9PM, & Saturday Aug 1, 7PM

Hosted at sanctuary 001
Stone Mountain, 30083

DATES

JULY 18 - AUG 1,2026
02 WEEKS | 06 SESSIONS

Saturdays 11A-1PM, Tuesdays 7-9PM, & Saturday Aug 1, 7PM

Hosted at sanctuary 001
Stone Mountain, 30083

FEES

Sliding Scale Donation $10-80
Snacks and Tea Provided

FEES

Sliding Scale Donation $10-80
Snacks and Tea Provided

CONTAINER 02

CONTAINER 02

Virtual

Virtual

DATES

AUG 3 - SEP 14 (Skipping Sep 7)
07 WEEKS | 06 SESSIONS

Mondays 5:30-7PM PST



DATES

AUG 3 - SEP 14 (Skipping Sep 7)
07 WEEKS | 06 SESSIONS

Mondays 5:30-7PM PST



FEES

Sliding Scale Donation $1-40

FEES

Sliding Scale Donation $1-40

WEEKEND RETREAT

WEEKEND RETREAT

Wonder Valley

Wonder Valley

DATES

03 DAYS
SEPTEMBER 25-27, 2026

More details to follow



DATES

03 DAYS
SEPTEMBER 25-27, 2026

More details to follow



FEES

TBD

FEES

TBD

Discounted Entry

Discounted Entry

ANOTHER WORLD
IS POSSIBLE

ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE

ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE

CERTIFICATE HOLDERS

Trade-in for free entry to 1 virtual or in-person session (Excludes Retreat)

CERTIFICATE HOLDERS

Trade-in for free entry to 1 virtual or in-person session (Excludes Retreat)


Attended AWIP 2024, paper certificate stamped



Attended AWIP 2024, paper certificate stamped


CERTIFIED BUILDERS

Show for free entry to all virtual and in-person events or discount retreat access.

CERTIFIED BUILDERS

Show for free entry to all virtual and in-person events or discount retreat access.


Collaborators that built worlds, officiated.



Collaborators that built worlds, officiated.


GUILD MEMBERS

Free all-access, all events

GUILD MEMBERS

Free all-access, all events


Worldbuilding Partners


Worldbuilding Partners


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REGISTRATION DEADLINES:
ATLANTA Cohort, please register by JULY 5th.
VIRTUAL Cohort, please register by JULY 19th.

Your facilitators

Your facilitators

Both cohorts and the retreat will be co-facilitated by Branden Collins and Raya Hazell.

Both cohorts and the retreat will be co-facilitated by Branden Collins and Raya Hazell.

Branden Collins

Branden Collins

Branden is a transdisciplinary creative director, philosopher, founder, archivist, product designer and researcher of Integrated Information Theory & Information Science.

Branden is a transdisciplinary creative director, philosopher, founder, archivist, product designer and researcher of Integrated Information Theory & Information Science.

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Raya Marie Hazell

Raya Marie Hazell

Raya is the daughter of stars. As an artist, designer, and grief worker, she practices alchemizing mourning into new worlds and relations. She is the founder of Mournful Designs Studio. 

Raya is the daughter of stars. As an artist, designer, and grief worker, she practices alchemizing mourning into new worlds and relations. She is the founder of Mournful Designs Studio. 

WEBSITE →

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Black Poetic Astronomy
is a framework for
questioning the cosmos.

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