The exhibition Beyond the Plot is part of a long-term, multifaceted research project of the same name that explores concepts of control and resistance in agriculture. The title plays on the word “plot” simultaneously as an enclosed area of land and the structure of a narrative. At once, the work examines both the current delimitations of land and thought imposed by extractivist USDA policy, and the everyday forms of resistance enacted by small-scale farmers and land-cultivation groups against imperial agricultural systems in Upstate New York.

The project is the culmination of artist Carla Rangel García’s work as an M.F.A. in Creative Visual Arts.

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The exhibition is accompanied by a series of public programs running from April 13–18, 2026:

Panel Discussion

Undercurrents: Navigating the Colonial Legacies in Agriculture

Monday, April 13, 5–7 p.m.

Reception and Collective Readings

Thinking with Land as a Collective Space

Wednesday, April 15, 5–7 p.m.

Farm and Mural Visit

West Haven Farm

Saturday, April 18, 2–3 p.m.

For more information about the events, visit the project’s website.