Consultant on Digital Workflow

I've been helping people with Photography for over 40 years and Digital Imaging for over 25 years. I taught Photoshop and Photography courses for Camosun College and the University of Victoria.

Guide for Shipping Art to the US

It is quite common for artists to be faced with large brokerage fees charged by UPS, when UPS returns work from an exhibition in the USA.

This is a guide for Artists who are, or want to ship art to the USA for Exhibition. If not sold, the work is returned. It is specifically targeted to using UPS as the shipper and broker. Its aim is to help the artist avoid paying brokerage charges.

Click here to download a PDF version of the guide.

There is also information on acquiring a USA ITIN (Individual Tax Identification Number) that is required by an artist to get paid by public institutions.

The following are rtf templates of the forms required for the each step in the shipping process:

• Customs Export Invoice
• Certificate of Canadian Origin
• Declaration of Canadian Goods (Returning)
• Certificate of Canadian Origin (Returning)