Internship: Shaker Windows with John Leeke

The windows of the horse stable at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community
(near Gray, Maine) will be preserved this summer. John Leeke, Preservation
Consultant, holds the contract to repair and stabilize the 14 wood-framed
double hung windows and is offering a student internship on the project.
The intern will learn window conditions assessment, and receive extensive
hands-on training and experience in a real, world production shop for
several sash repair, restoration, preservation and conservation
treatments.

Principle terms of the internship:

- Full time commitment beginning between May 1 and May 20 through June 30
in Portland, Maine.
- No payment is available.
- Housing and meals supplied provided you can fit into our household (no
smoking, healthy eating, etc.)
- Must provide own liability insurance and sign a formal internship
agreement.

Past successful cantidates in our intern program have been mid-career
change masters degree students with a solid background in the building
trades and have included students from Georgia State and Boston University
Preservation Programs. There are also research and publication
opportunities in print and on the internet which can be completed offsite
if your academic program requires more hours than this opportunity
provides. An academic involvement is not an absolute requirement. If you
are interested please submit a written one-page proposal outlining your
qualifications and interest in this opportunity, with no more than five
pages of backup materials. Include at least two references for each of the
following: trades experience, personal character, academic involvement.
Proposals will be considered from May 1 to May 10. (Please do not
telephone or fax with questions at this time.)

John Leeke, Preservation Consultant
26 Higgins St.
Portland, ME  04103
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