Based on the practical experience of establishing four art casting laboratories in three different colleges of Guangdong

the development of contemporary art casting’s education was described. By analyzing the reason of the shortage of professionals nowadays and the characteristics of modern foundry industry in Pearl River Delta

it was tried to find out what kind of knowledge structure a modern foundry industry professional should have. Then

from the viewpoint of education

how to combine the art casting laboratory with the creative art casting course as a new teaching pattern was expounded. Finally

to attract more students to study casting technology

training them to be qualified professionals for the modern foundry industry was performed.