Scartazzini succeeds Meier in St. Gallen
The Canton of St. Gallen has a new head of the Office of Culture in Tanja Scartazzini. She is currently still Head of the Art Collection Department at the Canton of Zurich's Building Construction Office and will succeed Katrin Meier in St. Gallen in August 2021.
Tanja Scartazzini grew up in Zurich and studied law at the University of Zurich. She then went on to study visual communication at the Zurich University of the Arts, specializing in the theory of design and art. After working in the art and gallery sector, she was responsible for the Art in Construction department at the Canton of Zurich's Building Construction Office from 2004.
Katrin Meier has headed the Office of Culture with its 90 employees since fall 2007 and will remain in the role until the end of March. She is leaving the office because she was elected President of the Ortsbürgergemeinde St.Gallen in December 2020.
