The Juvenile Justice Center Entry Plaza artwork is titled World Tree of Life. The plaza is the entry and exit point for all visitors to the facility. The artists designed and created the artwork placed throughout the courtyard. The interrelated components include two large sculptures plus handmade ceramic, slate and glass elements placed on three large seating walls, two tree rings, a low wall, and the courtyard walkway.

Artist's Statement: The purpose of the Possibilities: Tree of Life Gateway and the Hope: Destination Sculpture is to symbolically offer the viewer an alternative path in life, using universal symbols to talk about the similarities of the world's peoples at a time when much is made of our differences. Our goal was to create a sculptural environment that would beckon the visitor with inviting, colorful imagery that would also be accessible and engaging. The Gateway's focal point is the powerful life-giving force of the sun, and the Destination Sculpture celebrates the powerful life-giving force of water. Both pieces use life-affirming, uplifting symbols from nature — flowers, birds, and trees — to talk about life's passages. Both also have a reflective central “portal,” an opening that extends the piece beyond its concrete borders, symbolically leaving its meaning open to individual interpretation. This subject matter is in keeping with the rest of our sculptural work, which addresses the commonality of all life forms and, therefore, their inherent interdependence.