Carrie Dickason

“Industry Practice,” opening on Thursday, March 3, at Vermont Metro Gallery in Burlington, showcases the artist’s preoccupation with consumer culture. Currently in residence at the Vermont Studio Center, Dickason has worked in the Detroit automotive industry as a textile specialist. That experience allowed her to amplify her familiarity with a broad range of materials. Dickason’s abstract compositions — using paper, spray paint, textiles, packaging and more — are organic in appearance and tease out how we think about trash.