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From building cutting-edge flight simulation technology to obtaining his private pilot\u2019s license in 2024, Prather has paved the way in aerospace and engineering.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.pvamu.edu\/technology-takes-aviation-innovation-to-new-heights\/index.html\">Learn More\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-5{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-5 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-5{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-5 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-5{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-5 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-6{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2116,"featured_media":20943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1020,1],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-20942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-feature","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20942"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=20942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":19889,"date":"2024-01-29T23:18:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T05:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/?p=19889"},"modified":"2024-01-29T23:18:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T05:18:56","slug":"davidlandry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/post\/davidlandry\/","title":{"rendered":"David Landry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-7 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;max-width:75%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#582c83;border-top-width:4px;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:0px!important; 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The unknown can be startling. If you dive in head first &#8212; the chill may shock you. But, at least you get the hard part out the way\u2026 There is an art to taking calculated risks. Our world thrives on the everyman assuming the safe bet. Those who stretch out of \u201cthe box\u201d carry the burden of pioneering movements, trends, schools of thought. David Landry found a way out of his box. And, from the outside looking in, he decided his box wasn\u2019t all bad. So, he refashioned the box to his liking and invited folks to stand on it, dance on it, pose on it, and even perform on it. He is an artist who specializes in the creation of stages, furniture, and other structures which literally uplift his community of collaborators.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-carousel fusion-image-carousel-auto fusion-carousel-border\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel\" data-autoplay=\"no\" data-columns=\"2\" data-itemmargin=\"5\" data-itemwidth=\"180\" data-touchscroll=\"no\" data-imagesize=\"auto\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-positioner\"><ul class=\"fusion-carousel-holder\"><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1003\" height=\"1248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_3830.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_3830-200x249.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_3830-400x498.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_3830-600x747.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_3830-800x995.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_3830.jpg 1003w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 704px) 583px, (min-width: 640px) 704px, \" \/><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"1045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_3829-Landry-e1706591910594.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_3829-Landry-e1706591910594-200x252.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_3829-Landry-e1706591910594-400x504.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_3829-Landry-e1706591910594-600x755.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_3829-Landry-e1706591910594-800x1007.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_3829-Landry-e1706591910594.jpg 830w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 704px) 583px, (min-width: 640px) 704px, \" \/><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><p>Entering Prairie View A&amp;M University in 2009, David began college with his sights on a career as an architect. This path had been trodden by many before him. Go to college. Get a degree. You\u2019ll be alright. Right? He soon found himself going through the motions. He was turning in assignments which lacked evidence of passion. He maintained his grades but was really buying time until something clicked for him emotionally, creatively. He watched as his classmates and friends got picked up for semester-long internships and job opportunities. He knew something had to change. He pushed through and graduated in 2015 with his Bachelor of Science in Architecture.<\/p>\n<p>Following stints as an architectural drafter and visual manager, David began work at Aldine ISD as a visual arts teacher in 2017. Still in search of something more, he began studying the arts of fabrication and manufacturing. Once he figured out how to fit these crafts into his creative outlook, a flame ignited from within. This study began to consume his free time and soon he applied what he was learning to the freelance projects he had begun taking on as side hustles.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-carousel fusion-image-carousel-auto fusion-carousel-border\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel\" data-autoplay=\"no\" data-columns=\"2\" data-itemmargin=\"5\" data-itemwidth=\"180\" data-touchscroll=\"no\" data-imagesize=\"auto\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-positioner\"><ul class=\"fusion-carousel-holder\"><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Teezo-Touchdown.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Teezo-Touchdown-200x168.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Teezo-Touchdown-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Teezo-Touchdown-400x337.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Teezo-Touchdown-600x505.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Teezo-Touchdown-768x647.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Teezo-Touchdown-800x674.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Teezo-Touchdown-1024x862.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Teezo-Touchdown.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"><p>Then, he got the call. In early 2022, his friend from PV \u2013 rapper Teezo Touchdown (born Aaron Thomas) \u2013 was scheduled as an opening act for rapper Tyler, the Creator\u2019s Call Me IF You Get Lost tour. The tour was in urgent need of a quality set designer. David saw the perfect opportunity to put those good ol\u2019 Prairie View networking skills to use and took his leap of faith\u2026<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the ways in which his time on the Hill contributed to his growth, David stated:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrairie View gave me the tools that have made me the man and creative I am today. It was there that I learned to discover individuality and embrace community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today, David is a full-time artist, focusing on designing and building and looks forward to expanding his practice to furniture making and architecture in the near future.<\/p>\n<\/div><style>\n.single.single-post .single-navigation {\n    margin-bottom: 40px !important;\n    margin-top: 20px;\n}\n.fusion-content-widget-area>section:last-child {\n    margin-bottom: 0;\n    margin-top: 20px;\n}\n\n\n<\/style><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-6{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-6 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-6{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-6 > 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Reece"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-8 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;max-width:75%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#582c83;border-top-width:4px;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-2{margin-top:0px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important;margin-left:0px!important;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-2{margin-top:0px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important; margin-left:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:34;line-height:1.41;\">Mitchell Reece<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\" style=\"margin-top:10px;\"><p>Anostalgic air wafts from the work of artist Mitchell Reece. It perfumes the psyche with notes of Barbicide\u2014muffler smoke\u2014White Diamonds on church pews. Of collard greens, cornbread and the like. Of dewy grass to be sun kissed\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell\u2019s summer 2023 exhibition at Sanman Studios\u2014 Tears on West Montgomery\u2014may be read as a musing on the aesthetic of family photos. All the things they capture\u2014the sentiments summoned\u2014the memories recalled. They make you miss the good times. They make you think of loved ones long gone. Their smiles immortalized and contained within a frame. Tears tours you through Mitchell\u2019s own photo album. The images found therein are equal parts serene and vibrant. All of them conjuring the pathos of Black life on Houston\u2019s north side \u2013 particularly along the Acres Home section of West Montgomery Road, where Mitchell grew up. A perusal through Tears presents you with such scenes: a father and son bonding over their love for baseball (Big Mitch and Lil Mitch); a purveyor of slab culture (Miller on West Montgomery); bald fades on the stoop (Frederick and Maurice 38); and a celebration of mother figures (Matriarchitect II). Tears challenges you to reflect on your upbringing\u2014to dwell on the highs, uncover the lows and celebrate the people that shaped you.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-carousel fusion-image-carousel-auto fusion-carousel-border\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel\" data-autoplay=\"no\" data-columns=\"2\" data-itemmargin=\"5\" data-itemwidth=\"180\" data-touchscroll=\"no\" data-imagesize=\"auto\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-positioner\"><ul class=\"fusion-carousel-holder\"><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/BigMitchLilMitch-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/BigMitchLilMitch-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/BigMitchLilMitch-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/BigMitchLilMitch-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/BigMitchLilMitch-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/BigMitchLilMitch-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/BigMitchLilMitch-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 704px) 583px, (min-width: 640px) 704px, \" \/><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"6681\" height=\"8630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Frederick-and-Maurice-38.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Frederick-and-Maurice-38-200x258.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Frederick-and-Maurice-38-400x517.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Frederick-and-Maurice-38-600x775.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Frederick-and-Maurice-38-800x1033.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Frederick-and-Maurice-38.jpg 6681w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 704px) 583px, (min-width: 640px) 704px, \" \/><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-11\"><p>Following his youth on West Montgomery, Reece took that fabled trek through US-290 West \u2013 destined for Prairie View A&amp;M University. Graduating in 2013, Reece\u2019s time on the Hill was occupied not only with studies of Mass Communication, but also parlays with PV\u2019s then burgeoning art community.<\/p>\n<p>Post-grad, Reece left Texas for New York City and enrolled at the School of Visual Arts in pursuit of his masters. He earned his MFA in Fine Art and Design in 2019 and began working with the social media department at the Sugar Hill Children\u2019s Museum of Art &amp; Storytelling. Additionally, he freelanced as a graphic designer and taught at The Black School and the Pratt Institute\u2019s Graphic Design program.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-carousel fusion-image-carousel-auto fusion-carousel-border\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel\" data-autoplay=\"no\" data-columns=\"2\" data-itemmargin=\"5\" data-itemwidth=\"180\" data-touchscroll=\"no\" data-imagesize=\"auto\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-positioner\"><ul class=\"fusion-carousel-holder\"><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Matriarchitect-II.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Matriarchitect-II-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Matriarchitect-II-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Matriarchitect-II-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Matriarchitect-II-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Matriarchitect-II-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Matriarchitect-II-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Matriarchitect-II-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Matriarchitect-II-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Matriarchitect-II-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Matriarchitect-II.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-12\"><p>Regarding his future as an artist, Mitchell looks forward to doing more shows and community engaged projects:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would also like to step back into architecture via the [graphic design] work I\u2019m making now. And using those resources to help the less fortunate. I think art is very helpful as a matter of therapy\u2026 I don\u2019t ever want to get to a point where it\u2019s very standoffish and very distant from anyone to have access to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today, Mitchell splits his time between New York City and Prairie View A&amp;M University, where he is a professor with the Digital Media Arts Program.<\/p>\n<\/div><style>\n.single.single-post .single-navigation {\n    margin-bottom: 40px !important;\n    margin-top: 20px;\n}\n.fusion-content-widget-area>section:last-child {\n    margin-bottom: 0;\n    margin-top: 20px;\n}\n\n\n<\/style><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-7{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-7 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body 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Merricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-9 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;max-width:75%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#582c83;border-top-width:4px;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-3{margin-top:0px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important;margin-left:0px!important;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-3{margin-top:0px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important; margin-left:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one fusion-animated\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;\" data-animationType=\"fadeIn\" data-animationDuration=\"0.3\" data-animationOffset=\"100%\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:34;line-height:1.41;\"><strong>Torre\u2019 (pronounced \u201cTour-Ree\u201d) Merricks<\/strong><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-13\"><p>Cheers to a lifetime of making movements which move the masses. To grooving with the goal of losing oneself and escaping life\u2019s ills\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Think of dancing as a means of painting a picture. The dancefloor \u2013 the canvas. Your body is the brush. In this sense, Torre\u2019 (pronounced \u201cTour-Ree\u201d) Merricks is an abstractionist. She gathers elements of jazz, tap, and ballet. Contemporary, hip-hop, and majorette stylings find their way into the fold. She then blends these elements to a synergetic conclusion \u2013 resulting in an artistic movement all her own.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020 Torre\u2019 graduated from Prairie View A&amp;M University, earning her Bachelor of Science in Biology. During her time on the Hill, she was a member of the Panther Dolls and danced with the team from her freshman year until graduation. In her senior year, she became captain and led the Panther Dolls in their performance during PV\u2019s appearance in the 2019 NCAA Division I men\u2019s basketball tournament.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-carousel fusion-image-carousel-auto fusion-carousel-border\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel\" data-autoplay=\"no\" data-columns=\"2\" data-itemmargin=\"5\" data-itemwidth=\"180\" data-touchscroll=\"no\" data-imagesize=\"auto\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-positioner\"><ul class=\"fusion-carousel-holder\"><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1242\" height=\"915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_62921.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Torrie Merricks\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_62921-200x147.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_62921-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_62921-400x295.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_62921-600x442.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_62921-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_62921-800x589.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_62921-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_62921-1200x884.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/IMG_62921.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-14\"><p>Since graduating from Prairie View, Torre\u2019 has continued dancing \u2013 doing so professionally. During the summer of 2023, she performed with New Orleans hip-hop legends Master P, Choppa, and Big Fav. She then followed up with multiple performances at the Essence Festival of Culture the same year. Among these performances were collaborations with artist Luckylou and the cosmetic line, NYX Professional Makeup.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-carousel fusion-image-carousel-auto fusion-carousel-border\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel\" data-autoplay=\"no\" data-columns=\"2\" data-itemmargin=\"5\" data-itemwidth=\"180\" data-touchscroll=\"no\" data-imagesize=\"auto\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-positioner\"><ul class=\"fusion-carousel-holder\"><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Torrie-Merricks-copy.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Torrie-Merricks-copy-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Torrie-Merricks-copy-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Torrie-Merricks-copy-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Torrie-Merricks-copy-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Torrie-Merricks-copy-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Torrie-Merricks-copy-800x571.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Torrie-Merricks-copy-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Torrie-Merricks-copy-1200x857.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Torrie-Merricks-copy-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pvamu.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Torrie-Merricks-copy.jpg 2100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2100px) 100vw, 2100px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-15\"><p>When asked how Prairie View shaped her outlook on life and artistry, Torre\u2019 remarked:<br \/>\n\u201cThroughout my time on the Hill, I\u2019ve built great relationships with individuals who I knew had to be heaven sent. There were so many highs and lows, but having the right company around me really saved my life\u2026 Having that good and loyal foundation has manifested itself into my dance career. 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