Remarks by Maria Napoles
38 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
- Play at 20:25
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Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 20:43
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Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 23:05
“I think Francisco had done an excellent job and he had conducted the business of the board in a very professional way, but I think a change, it will give us the opportunity to perceive the business of the board in different perspectives.”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 24:14
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Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 25:56
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Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 26:08
“But I think that we should refresh the way we looked, the work that we're doing. We should refresh this. I think that Cristina has more than plenty experience into this, unless she doesn't want to do it. I mean, this is not an imposition. I wish I can have the knowledge of English as well as you guys. I'm too old, and this is not my first language. And actually, most of all of us, the ones really involved with the arts. And this is my prerogative at this moment, not to deviate the attention of all the artists called that are coming. I mean, just to get into this kind of a nasty internal job…”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 29:03
“Yes, but again, I wanted to make sure that my opinion is taken in consideration. I don't think that we should deal or talk or resolve issues that are concerned to the board out of all the members together.”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 47:14
“So in these programs that you create as an artist, the maintenance is part of what you propose, and in particular with these programs of flowering maintenance? Yes.”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 47:47
“On your program, on your creation as an artist.”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 1:02:02
“You as an artist, which one is your option, the one that you prefer?”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 1:15:48
“For instance, in the Arsenal Entertainment Council, we have this situation all the time where a particular commissioner, for whatever reason, appointed someone and doesn't want to appoint somebody else. And I think that The conclusion was that the commissioner have the right to just pass the request and do nothing about it. And I cannot understand that in either because this is a community work that is our responsibility to be present. And I think we should enforce this. I don't know if the law allow that.”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 1:30:53
“I have a few questions about the divorce by law. Does the City of Miami Public Art Office, the manager, who has the right to overrule whatever we decide or vote here in any particular business, with developers or, for instance, this big project of the Freedom Park. Sometimes developers, they come with, I should say, somebody, politicians or people people that have the power, economical power in this big business. Does the art in public places have the right over the board to meet with these people and sometimes they have their own artists in their own projects and they come with their own…”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 1:38:37
“So, in other words, if I'm understanding this, is the option of your office?”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 1:38:50
“All right. So, that would be... This kind of a proposal from developers will come to your office first, but you will present the proposal to us.”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 1:39:51
“your program guidelines okay our chairman was very concerned in our last meeting in other words last month meeting that there were some kind of decisions over the board about freedom park that didn't show up into our board meetings and it was then approve or kind of managed as business without our...”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 1:41:00
“Sorry, sorry, sorry, but... Let her finish.”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 1:42:14
“In other words, again and again, we have the right as a board concerning the decision within the art.”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 1:42:26
“Correct. But the business to be done by the city in this humongous kind of business as a Freedom Park, the manager of the city of Miami have the right to do or accept some business over our decision. Because our, let's say, I don't know if I'm explaining myself properly in English. The big business in any particular city of this country are belong to the managers of the city, not to us to decide if the business can be done or not. Either if it's art or if it's planning or if it's permits to...”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 1:43:23
“Correct. So that's what we have to understand, I feel, in my little knowledge of all of this for many years, is that there's certain business that the city have the power of the board. I said it's simple. We don't have to fight for that. Our business, okay, let me explain again because you give me kind of a dirty look, Mr. Chairman.”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 1:43:56
“Okay. Again, this big business is the Freedom Park. The city of Miami, the manager, have the right to do some business with these big companies that they don't want to go through the entire process of going to the board. And the city of Miami, the manager, have the right to do that. Our right as a board of culture and public art is to approve the art, but not the business.”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 1:54:11
“No, no. Let me say this. While we are bringing a friend back to this, he has done his job wonderfully well. He had helped us to create this strong board, help on the bylaws. But why is it just you wanted to go back to the past?”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 1:56:12
“Because we are all adults and we are professionals here and we need to understand Why this and when and who was started in that department? That for whatever reason, the master plan was not, let's call it, it was overseen. You want to see it that way? In other words, do you want to see or you want to say or do you want for us to agree with you that purposefully the master plan was overseen in this particular issue?”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 2:06:09
“The stadium is going to be open to the public on April 4th. Excuse me, get close to the microphone, please.”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 2:11:00
“Actually, you just touched a point right now, very interesting. I was invited maybe two months ago, at the beginning of the year, by the greatest Chamber of Commerce of Miami. All the construction big companies that are involved in this Freedom Park were there. They were... actually the speakers and so on. And I feel that the construction companies were actually controlled and managed the whole business through the city because the arts and entertainment, I'm sorry, the public art, our board was not mentioned there at all. So My feeling about all of this is that not intentionally the Art in…”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026
- Play at 2:49:57
“I would like to have a last word, if I can. Of course. Please. This is exactly what I meant at the beginning of the meeting, that we should bring all the matters that bother us in our own position to the open and discuss it. But number two, I don't think that whatever is happening here has related to any particular employee or position, whatever internal affairs or the business of the government. Sometimes employees, people that have position, they don't have no say, but follow the wave in the favor of the past and the present.”
Art in Public Places Board · Mar 9, 2026