CLARENCE SLOCKEE

ENVIRONMENTAL & CULTURAL EDUCATOR

Clarence Slockee is a Bundjalung Aboriginal man with a 30-year career in service to the public and the Indigenous community. Clarence has over 20 years’ experience in cultural and environmental education, developing and delivering high quality education programs, community arts & culture projects, interpretive native garden spaces and conferences.

A graduate of the National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA) College, Clarence has extensive experience in the performing arts sector as a musician and dancer with connections to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities across the country. He also holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Distinction) from UTS and has delivered keynotes and presentations at State, National and International forums.

Clarence spent over 10 years at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney as Aboriginal Education Co-ordinator developing and delivering a range of curriculum linked education programs for K-12 and tertiary students linking people to plants. During this time, he also facilitated the inception and installation of a number of culturally specific interpretive projects, gardens and community programs. A lifetime love of plants and specialised botanical knowledge has transferred to a broad scope of collaborative projects with local communities and community based organisations.

Between 2015 and 2018 he led a multi-disciplinary team developing and delivering visitor experience programs to the newly developed Barangaroo precinct, including major arts & culture events, interpretive installations and tourism & education programs.

Clarence has spent the past 4 years as Director of his own 100% Aboriginal owned business collaborating with and consulting to a wide range of design teams and clients seeking input in cultural and natural heritage elements for several major precinct developments and green infrastructure projects. He is currently sole Director of Jiwah Pty Ltd where he continues to offer his services in facilitating community co-design, cultural connection and the design & delivery of culturally and ecologically relevant native species green space projects.

At Giiyong Festival, Clarence Slockee will be facilitating the FOOD SOVEREIGNTY panel on the Aunty Beryl Cruse Stage; delivering an exclusive hands-on Native Plants workshop in the Twofold Aboriginal Corporation Garden (turn up, first-in best-dressed!); and performing a set of music on the Aunty Rose Mumbulla-Stewart Stage with his duo NPAS (NATIVE PLANT APPRECIATION SOCIETY).