WEEDSPORT -- Area art fans who want to see the creative process in its earliest stages can do so by visiting a Weedsport coffee house. Classroom art projects created by more than 60 elementary school students are currently on display at Burritt's Cafe.

The coffee shop held a meet-and-greet event Sunday, inviting the young artists, their families and area residents to view the pieces. The place was bustling through much of the afternoon, with visitors both young and old sipping coffee and decaffeinated beverages, playing board games and listen to live acoustic music by New York City singer/songwriter Caleb Hawley. The month-long exhibit will stay on the walls through the end of February.

The show features the work of first through fourth graders at A.A. Gates Elementary School in Port Byron. Each of the art projects fits in with the same theme, which is "Frosty February." There are portraits of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, log cabins, watercolor snowmen and snowflake collages. Some of the older students contributed Picasso style self-portraits and pictures of Greek pottery.

Gates Elementary art teacher Nancy Sweet said Sunday she was pleased with the turnout, as most of the students whose art is being shown stopped by the cafe with their families.

"The art standards for New York state talk about creating and displaying the art," Sweet said. "This is great exposure for them. We want students to know that their art can be shown and that they can be proud of it."