New Tradition Music at Collision Gallery

New Tradition performed this intimate set at ArtworxTO's Pop Up Hub at Collision Gallery, as part of the exhibition Locating Self Care in Urban Centres.

Ruben “Beny” Esguerra arrived as a child to Tkaronto from Bacatá (Bogotá, Colombia) as a political refugee with his parents, who were receiving threats for their human rights activism. Today, he is a JUNO nominated multi-instrumentalist/producer, spoken-word poet, arts educator and community worker. in 2021, he was chosen as the laureate of the 2020 Ontario Arts Foundation Arts Educator Award and was nominated and chosen as a finalist for the Toronto Arts Foundation’s Community Arts Award.

AM//PM is a local concert series that prioritizes Indigenous, PoC, Non-binary, and female lead arts and music projects in Toronto and Mississauga. This show was curated by Emily Granvile and Adam Moffatt.