Public Art Research Project to Promote Agricultural Tourism, Bang Bo Farmers Group, Samut Prakan Province

Abstract

This is research and development, and the creation of public art. The objectives are to study the community data of Bang Bo Farmers Group, Samut Prakan Province, to create public art in community areas of Bang Bo Farmers Group from the community identity of Bang Bo Farmers Group, Samut Prakan Province as to be a landmark to promote the potential of agricultural tourism, Bang Bo Farmers Group, Samut Prakan Province, and to assess the satisfaction in public art to promote agro-tourism among farmers in Bang Bo, Samut Prakan Province. The research tools are a semi-structured interview form and an assessment questionnaire for public art satisfaction for promoting agro-tourism among farmers in Bang Bo, Samut Prakan Province. The participants are 10 representatives of Bang Bo Agricultural Cooperative members. Data were collected by interviewing, coding data, recording images, recording data on a computer, and analyzing the data. The findings were summarized into the concepts and patterns in creating public art as the realistic wall paintings with the concept of Bang Bo’s agricultural way of life, freshwater fishery, processed food, and shop pictures from Bang Bo farmers creating three paintings on the wall in front of the Bang Bo Agricultural Cooperative Office building. Satisfaction assessments of public art for promoting agro-tourism among farmers in Bang Bo, Samut Prakan Province were at a high level to highest level. Moreover, the assessment from observing and talking to people who visited and took photos showed there is great satisfaction in this public art. It could be predicted that public art using realistic wall painting techniques with the concept of the way of life of Bang Bo farmers will enable the promotion of agricultural tourism.