Joe Average

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Joe Average
CM OBC RCA
Average in 2006
Born
Brock David Tebbutt

(1957-10-10)10 October 1957
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Died24 December 2024(2024-12-24) (aged 67)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
OccupationArtist
WebsiteOfficial website
File:DavieVillage-1.png
Banners designed by Joe Average decorate the Davie Village gaybourhood.

Joe Average, CM OBC RCA (born Brock David Tebbutt; 10 October 1957 – 24 December 2024) was a Canadian artist who resided in Vancouver, British Columbia. Diagnosed HIV+ at age 27, Average made the decision to commit the rest of his life to art, and to challenge himself to live by his art.[1]

Average was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on 10 October 1957.[2] He frequently donated work to charitable causes, such as Vancouver's annual Art for Life auction benefitting the Vancouver Friends for Life Society.[1] His work was used for such projects as A Loving Spoonful (a charity which provides meals to people with terminal illnesses) and the Davie Village.[3] Average was also selected to judge submissions for Vancouver's AIDS memorial and anti-homophobia posters.

Average was known for his cheerful, colourful, cartoon-like work, including images of flowers, animals and insects, and people. He received many awards and honors, including civic merit awards, the Caring Canadian Award (1998) and the Queen's Golden Jubilee Silver Medal for Outstanding Community Achievement (2002). Vancouver mayor Philip Owen issued a civic proclamation to designate 3 November 2002 as "Joe Average Day" in the city.[3]

Average was honored as one of two grand marshals of Vancouver's annual gay pride parade in August 2006. In 2011, he had lipodystrophy, a side effect of antiretroviral therapy.[4]

On 23 April 2019, the Royal Canadian Mint released a coin with art by Average,[5] said to symbolize the progress lesbian, gay, transgender, queer and two-spirited people have achieved in Canada as well as the work that still needs to be done.[6] He died at home in Vancouver, on 24 December 2024, at the age of 67.[7]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Not Your Average Joe : Pop icon and artist Joe Average on his most challenging masterpiece — his health Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. The Positive Side, Spring/Summer 2005.
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  3. ^ a b The AIDS Walk for Life: About the Artwork Archived 24 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Pamela Post, "The Incredible shrinking Man" Archived 10 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine, CBC Radio, The Sunday Edition (documentary), 16 January 2011
  5. ^ a b c d e f Government of British Columbia (December 30, 2024). Members of the Order of British Columbia: A–B: Joe Average* .
  6. ^ "Commemorative loonie marking progress for LGBTQ2 people unveiled in Toronto" . CTV News, 23 April 2019.
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  10. ^ Ditmars, Hadani (January 3, 2025). Joe Average, Canadian artist and AIDS activist, has died, aged 67. The Art Newspaper.
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