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 [log in to unmask]