June 20, 2025 NTD Profiles

‘A Portal to Serenity’: How a Renowned Glass Artist Inspires Traditional Beauty and Peace | Trish Duggan

NTD Profiles offers a compelling look into the lives and minds of the people driving culture, innovation, leadership, and change. From celebrated visionaries to behind-the-scenes power players, each episode reveals the unique journeys, values, and motivations that define today’s most influential and inspiring figures. Thoughtful, in-depth, and richly human, this series invites viewers to go beyond the headlines—and meet the individuals who are quietly making history.

Artist and museum founder Trish Duggan has built her life around glass—but her work extends far beyond the studio. In this profile, Duggan discusses how a passion for beauty led to unexpected encounters with censorship, surveillance, and global human rights issues. A supporter of The Epoch Times, she shares how her commitment to freedom of expression informs both her art and advocacy. From her Florida-based Imagine Museum to international efforts for education and human rights, Duggan explores how creativity can serve as a quiet form of resistance in a divided world.