AIGC has opened up a new pattern of digital transformation of education, a new experience of innovative multimodal learning, and a new wisdom that empowers human-computer collaboration, bringing new opportunities for change in the field of education. The objective of the article is to comprehend the changes that AIGC brings, explore innovative learning paradigms, and guide the digital transformation of higher vocational art and design professional education and the development of intelligent education. Focusing on the generative characteristics and essential mechanisms of AIGC, as well as the practical reflection on the application of AIGC technology in education, a four-energy education theory for AIGC is proposed. Around the current situation and development opportunities of Aigc technology in education, the application scenarios of AIGC in art and design professional education are proposed, including AIGC+virtual teacher, AIGC+virtual assistant, AIGC+personalized learning, and AIGC+teaching content. At this stage, Aigc technology is more about participating in art and design education with educational aids, and only the interaction and promotion of the three dimensions of “cognition”, “practice and participation” and “attitude and interest” can accelerate the popularization and comprehensiveness of Aigc technology in the field of higher vocational art and design education under the promotion of this positive feedback.