The aim of the research was to investigate the attitudes of educators about the importance of competencies for conducting art activities with children of early and preschool age and which competencies educators all possess and whether these competencies only relieve the implementation of the same activities. 182 respondents (180 women and 2 men) participated in the study. The theoretical part of the paper talks about the personal and professional competencies of educators, how they motivate children for art activities and artistic creation, and what is the role of educators in carrying out the activities themselves and in encouraging children's art. There is also talk about the importance of fine art, which includes emotional, cognitive and psychomotor development in early childhood. Competencies refer to the knowledge, skills and abilities that educators acquire during their education. They also acquire how they will apply these same competencies in the future within the framework of educational practice. The field of art culture itself is a very important aspect of a child's overall development. The child does not have a developed sense of art, but during learning the child acquires a sense of aesthetics. Precisely because of this, every educator should have knowledge and skills in the field of art culture in order to be able to pass it on to children, because it is the educator who develops children's art abilities, personality, taste, values and conducts art education with children. . He must know how to provide the child with a safe environment so that he can explore on his own. They should be given the opportunity to express their thoughts and feelings. It is these competencies that are the basic conditions for the quality of work of every educator. The research questions asked in the survey are as follows: Do educators who have completed art school (music, art, dance) have better competencies in working with children, in designing and implementing art activities? Are educators who regularly attend various exhibitions and art curiosities more successful in designing and conducting art activities, analyzing children's art works and motivating children for art activities compared to educators who do not regularly attend exhibitions? Do educators consider being creative to be an important competence in working with early and preschool children? The results of the research show that competencies are very important to educators because they work in a complex and unpredictable environment. Today we need to work on our own training so that we can keep track of all the changes that are happening, and they have become more frequent. The results also show that the vast majority of educators have not completed art school or have attended art education outside of regular schooling, but are generally considered creative people which is very important for this profession.