The Thurston County Family & Juvenile Court is not a place people are likely to go with the intention of viewing art, but the court is open to the public and there is a lot of exciting art to be seen.

"The Butterfly Effect" is a new permanent installation in the stairwell of the court house that was created by stringing together many hundreds (probably more than a thousand) butterflies cut out of plastic juice pouches, the work of nearly 700 students. I was told that the women who put the installation together were Carrie Ziegler and Jennifer Johnson and the people who approved it for the courthouse installation were Judge Anne Hirsh, Judge Chris Wickham and Commissioner Indu Thomas.

Read Alec Clayton's full review of the art at the Thurston County Family & Juvenile Court in the music & Culture section.

"THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT," 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday-Friday, Thurston County Family & Juvenile Court, 2801 32nd Ave. SW. Tumwater