Lubbock non-profit moves to bigger location, continues to help neurodiverse people

Lubbock, Texas — Grey Edges is a non-profit organization that helps new artists, artists with autism and neurodiversity create art. They outgrew their old location on Mac Davis Lane and are now going to a bigger location on North University.

Kelly Reyna, founder of Grey Edges, said she started the non-profit back in 2020 and it gives a creative place for new artists and for those who have Autism and are neurodivergent, like her son.

Reyna said, “Being a parent and what language felt like because my son was mostly nonverbal and quite different. Right. And so I had already had sort of a mission that said, I want to talk about autism and what that feels like, what it what it feels like to experience it, but also raise awareness and that there are bonds that can be created through art because that’s basically what I know.”

Grey Edges’ new space at North University is exactly what they have desired but it needs a facelift because the building is old and that is expensive.

Reyna said, “So we’re talking with our building owner, who because a new roof, I mean because it’s an old building, you know, North University, that that area could use a lot of beautifications. We need to raise about $50,000 to get all that done.”

To meet that mark Reyna and some of her fellow artists have created a “Lubbock Loteria” featuring their own art.

Reyna said, “We want to revive the excitement for it because it is all local things, some classic, but a lot of local things like the joy land, the windmill, the metal house, things like that.”

Leti Barron is one of those featured artists and she works with creators that are non-verbal and said having a space like Grey Edges allows them to speak loudly through their work.

Barron said, “They just come home with the work. When we have workshops, we offer it for the parents to stay. The brothers that there’s a grandma is Grandpa’s. All of them. They stay, even cousins, they stay there, they create with them. And the beautiful part about it is that nine times out of ten, the child with Neurodiverse, whether it’s Autism Down syndrome or anything like that, to be honest with you, they’re teaching their families.”

If you would like to buy a Lubbock Loteria pack you can visit Rock, Paper, Shears Hair Studio or click here to donate or to contact them.

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