2026 Impact Report

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Illuminating Endometriosis 2026 EXHIBITION I M PA C T R E P O R T September 17–19, 2026 New York City Opening night in The Annex. Photograph by Alix Rae.

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Thursday’s dinner. Photograph by Emma Wilkinson. A WELCOME FROM THE FOUNDER We Put Endometriosis in the Room. In February, I woke up in an ICU following a complex surgery for stage IV endometriosis and serious postoperative complications. When I could finally talk, I found myself explaining the disease to my night nurse. Then I told her, “When I get out of here, I’m going to find other artists like me from around the world and put on a show.” I’m an artist and an art teacher, and making things has always been how I find my way back to myself. I had also been quiet about this disease for most of my life, and I was done being quiet. Endometriosis is usually talked about in medical offices, private messages and support groups. I wanted to know what would happen if we talked about it differently, in a language I understood. A chart can record what’s happening inside a body, but a painting can show what it feels like. 2 A few months later, on a sixth floor on Broadway, the work of thirty-two artists from thirteen countries was on the walls. Most of them had never met and some had never spoken publicly about what shaped their work. For three days surgeons stood beside patients, advocates stood beside people who had never heard the word endometriosis, and strangers stayed in front of the art longer than I hoped. More than one person told me, “I thought I was the only one.” FLARE became bigger than anything I could have made alone. This report is a record of what we made together. Thank you for believing in it. Priscilla Smith F O U N D E R & C R E AT I V E D I R E C T O R

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THE EXHIBITION Inside the Experience. Endometriosis is usually described in the language of medicine. Illuminating Endometriosis asked what happens when The work was arranged as four chapters of the patient experience: Confusion & Dismissal, Physical & Emotional Pain, Identity & Grief, and Hope & artists describe it instead. Resilience. Not a fixed path everyone walks, but the emotional ground the disease crosses, from the long Thirty-two of them, working from thirteen countries, search for a diagnosis to the reality of invisible pain, showed artworks made from inside the experience: a the changes to body and self, and the reclamation collage named in a gynecologist’s words, an X‑ray that can follow. turned into a self-portrait, clay pressed into the shape of organs that have grown together. In those two rooms, something usually discussed in private became something a stranger could stand in front of and begin to understand. Some visitors saw their own lives on the wall for the first time. MAEVE HOLMES Metallic Taste of Patience Acrylic and oil on canvas, 78 × 118 in. The largest work in the exhibition. It traveled from Carlow, Ireland, along with the artist and her family. Photograph by Eric Smalkin.

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THE WORKS Across paint, clay, photography, textile and collage, the range of media mirrors the many ways illness, pain, identity and resilience can be expressed. K YUNG JEON-MIRANDA The Light We Carry Gouache, graphite and Shizen paper collage on Hanji paper on canvas. Diptych, two panels of 24 × 18 in., 24 × 38 in. overall. United States “The Light We Carry is about the quiet ways women care for one another through life’s most vulnerable moments. Women and girls gather among clouds, some holding themselves in pain, some comforting others, some caring for children, and others quietly looking toward the sun.” “It was also incredibly meaningful to have my work in a space where people truly understood the experiences behind it.” K YUNG JEON-MIRANDA , AFTER THE EXHIBITION ANNA STILES ALLISON LOLOCI ALI REX a complex pelvis III Mixed media collage. United Kingdom. Han Photography. Albania. A Crowd Stoneware, mason stain, glaze. United States. 4

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A Saturday panel, with the room gathered. Photograph by Eric Smalkin. Who Came Together. Artists crossed oceans to stand beside their own work. They traveled from Albania, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom, and from across the United States. Thursday opened with a collector’s preview and a dinner with the artists, cooked by Chef Guará Pimenta. Friday’s reception filled the Annex. On Saturday a gynecologic surgeon and a clinical nutritionist opened the afternoon on the same stage, and two panels followed, Art as Advocacy and Life Beyond Diagnosis. Speakers sat on a sofa with the artwork around them. Four performers brought live music across the weekend. A Self-Care Lounge gave guests somewhere to rest off the gallery floor, and a team of volunteers kept all of it moving. “I felt seen, understood, safe and at home at FLARE. This is absolutely not how I have felt historically, and it is an empowering and inspiring gift.” A N N A S T I L E S , E X H I B I T I N G A R T I S T, U N I T E D KINGDOM “It wasn’t putting up MRI scans or ultrasounds. It was actual expressions from the lenses of artists who have personally experienced endometriosis, or know someone suffering from it.” D R . PA N K A J S I N G H A L , N E W Y O R K G Y N E C O L O G Y SURGERY & ENDOMETRIOSIS “You brought us into one room where we simply felt heard, understood, and, for once, didn’t need to explain ourselves.” W I N N I E C H A N , L A C , PA N E L I S T 32 artists exhibited 5 13 countries they work from 40 works on view 600 tickets issued, paid and complimentary 10 speakers and panelists 457K Instagram views, Sept 8 to Oct 7

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Visitors in The Annex. Photograph by Eric Smalkin. The Impact. A R T I S T I C I M PACT C O M M U N I T Y I M PACT E D U C AT I O N A L I M PACT Thirty-two artists from thirteen countries showed forty works, arranged as four chapters: Confusion & Dismissal, Physical Patient groups, advocacy organizations and nonprofits took part alongside artists and clinicians, with community-access A keynote and two panels brought surgeons, researchers, nutritionists, clinicians, artists and advocates into & Emotional Pain, Identity & Grief, Hope & Resilience. admissions distributed through partner organizations. public conversation, placing clinical expertise beside lived experience. 32 artists · 13 countries · 40 works 20 community partners 10 speakers & panelists · 3 sessions AC C E S S & I N C L U S I O N C O L L A B O R AT I V E I M PACT VISIBILITY Sponsored admissions lowered the cost of attending. A Self-Care Lounge off the gallery floor offered red-light therapy, From medical practices and wellness brands to creative studios and advocacy groups, together they built the exhibition. Recognized in a proclamation from the office of U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and featured in Well City Guide and somatic healing, a reflection room, beauty touch-ups, and space to rest. 27 sponsors EndoFound. Every artist and their work is listed at flareendo.org. Sponsored access · Self-Care Lounge 457,399 Instagram views, Sept 8 to Oct 7 · 77% from non-followers Andrea Chueca, Tejido Invisible . Photograph by Eric Smalkin. 6

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One of Saturday’s panel conversations. Photograph by Eric Smalkin. W H AT C O M E S N E X T Onward. The exhibition showed what was possible. The next chapter is about how else art can help shape the future of medicine and women’s health. For three days, a room on Broadway showed what happens when endometriosis is put in front of people through art. Artists found each other and physicians stood beside patients. I want these types of experiences to continue, in more places and for more people. T H E WA Y T H R O U G H WORKSHOPS A documentary about the exhibition and the people who built it is in development. Co-directed by Amanda Fuller and Virtual and in-person creative workshops are in development along with other opportunities to engage in the arts and Priscilla Smith. better understand the disease. P H Y S I C I A N E D U C AT I O N THE SECOND CHAPTER FLARE is growing toward medicine. We want the people who The next exhibition is being planned in addition to smaller diagnose and treat endometriosis to meet it through the artists and patients who live with it, and we are developing ways to bring that work into physician education and other shows and virtual galleries. medical training. LEARN MORE READ LISTEN JOIN PA R T N E R The FLARE Journal. Essays and artist stories. Inside FLARE. Conversations with patients, clinicians, artists and advocates. Find your place in the FLARE community. Support what comes next. 7

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THE 2026 EXHIBITION TEAM The People Behind the Exhibition. An exhibition is more than the artwork on its walls. Behind every conversation, connection, and shared experience are the people who believe in its purpose and dedicate themselves to bringing it to life. FLARE’s inaugural exhibition was made possible through the creativity, commitment, and collective efforts of a team who helped transform an ambitious vision into an international gathering of artists, patients, advocates, and medical professionals. The 2026 exhibition team. Photographs by Eric Smalkin. PRISCILLA SMITH CHELSEA HARDESTY Founder, Creative Director & Co-Curator Advocacy & Development Founded FLARE and led the creative vision, curatorial direction, Led advocacy outreach and development for the exhibition, development, and production of its inaugural exhibition, bringing together art, lived experience, and advocacy to create a new space connecting FLARE with endometriosis organizations, speakers, and community partners. Moderated the Life Beyond Diagnosis panel, for conversation around endometriosis. managed volunteers, and supported onsite production across the three days. R A C H E L I AY E KYRIANNA Partnerships & Programs Co-Curator & Artist Relations Led partnership outreach for the exhibition, building relationships with sponsors, product partners, and community organizations. Served as Master of Ceremonies, managed ticketing, and Played an integral role in shaping FLARE’s inaugural exhibition through collaborative curation, artist selection, and the thoughtful organization of artworks. Helped cultivate relationships with supported onsite and guest logistics throughout the weekend. participating artists and bring together a collection that reflected the complexity, diversity, and deeply personal experiences of living with endometriosis. 8

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Thank you. To the artists who trusted us with work that came from their own lives. To the speakers and panelists who talked about surgery, pain and recovery. To the supporters who said yes when FLARE was still an idea. To the volunteers who kept every room running. To the extraordinary team whose creativity, care, and dedication helped bring this first exhibition to life, and to everyone who came to look. This is only the beginning. Priscilla Photograph by Emma Wilkinson.

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PA R T N E R S Partners and Supporters Your support built the walls the work hung on and brought the art to New York. It fed the artists, staged the conversations, filled the Self-Care Lounge and put a book and real resources in guests’ hands. All of it carried your support. Endo Excision For All stood behind FLARE as fiscal sponsor, making the exhibition possible. When the exhibition closed, FLARE gave 20% of net ticket revenue, $1,000 each, to Endo Excision For All and American End of Endo Project, two organizations working for people with endometriosis every day. PRESENTING Our Daughters Foundation New York Gynecology Surgery & Endometriosis Savvy Custom Swag · Averello Studio The Jazz Urbane Cafe · Savage Against Endo P&L Smithed LEAD iCareBetter Inspira Physical Therapy Strike Endo Out Women’s Health Research & Action Center PRODUCT Buoy · Daea · Domestic Gourmet · Everyday Dose · Giant Microbes · Heaven Blends · KK Luxe Hair · Krampz · Lilas Wellness · Love Wellness · Octavia Wellness · Perita Bio · Serae · Trelli · Two Moons · Whitehall Pottery COMMUNITY American End of Endo Project · Ask Nomi · Autoimmune Alliance · Endo 45 · Endo After Excision · Endo Beginnings · Endo Edu · Endo NYC · Global Wellness · Ground to Grow · Heart Charged · I Am Endometriosis · Lily + Horn · Looni · The Women’s Health Circle · Tracy Shevell, MD · Women’s Health Advocates · Wulf Women Chef Guará Pimenta; Raksha Shah; Priscilla Smith with Kara O’Malley (Our Daughters Foundation) and Savannah Regensburger; Dr. McLean (NYGSE) and Emma Kolsch (The Women’s Health Circle); guest bags by Savvy Custom Swag. Photographs by Eric Smalkin and Emma Wilkinson. 10

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PA R T N E R S What Partnership Made Possible. COMMUNI T Y ACCESS & INCLUSION Our Daughters Foundation M E D I C A L E D U C AT I O N & DIALOGUE New York Gynecology Surgery & Endometriosis Purchased a block of admissions distributed through community organizations, lowering the cost of coming for patients and families. Brought clinical perspectives into conversation with patients, artists and advocates, and supported the exhibition’s educational programming. GUEST EXPERIENCE & PRODUCT I ON Savvy Custom Swag & Averello Studio C U L I N A R Y H O S P I TA L I T Y Chef Guará Pimenta & The Jazz Urbane Cafe Provided event merchandise, staging, décor, centerpieces, tableware and food-service essentials that made the rooms feel considered and whole. Contributed food, time and hospitality for the shared meals and gatherings across the weekend. EXHIBITION DESIGN & BUILD P&L Smithed Designed and fabricated the custom walls and panel structures that turned a raw loft into a gallery. 11 A Saturday conversation, among the work. Photograph by Eric Smalkin.

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CREDITS Credits F O U N D E R , C R E AT I V E D I R E C TO R A N D C O - C U R ATO R ART AS ADVOCACY D O C U M E N TA R Y T E A M Kyung Jeon-Miranda Amanda Fuller co-director Amanda Fuller Priscilla Smith co-director Kara O’Malley KYRIANNA Prisca Edwards director of photography Imani Lee, Film Trips camera operator Chelsea Hardesty Advocacy & Development Racheli Aye Partnerships and Programs Moderated by Priscilla Smith Aldo Merino camera operator KYRIANNA Co-Curator & Artist Relations L I F E B E YO N D D I AG N O S I S Priscilla Smith 2026 EXHIBITION TEAM ARTISTS Ali Rex Alice Brunello Luise Allison Loloci Logan Baker camera operator Alexis Brooks VOLUNTEERS Melanie Carminati, PT, DPT, GTS, NCPT Alex Jabot Dr. Jonas G. Wilson-Leedy, MD Alex Ranally Winnie Chan, LAc, MPA Ashlee Rollins Moderated by Chelsea Hardesty Becca Gale Caroline Palmieri Amaia Arana Andrea Chueca RESEARCH Anna Stiles Raksha Shah, MBA Saturday lunch remarks Cecília Ganzarolli Chelsea Hardesty Chloe Van der Kindere Coco Warner-Allen Elendë Finn Connor HYSTERA Alicja Pawluczuk Inge Naomi Oudheusden Between the Lilies Julia Howe Kristen Olinger KYRIANNA Kyung Jeon-Miranda MASTER OF CEREMONIES Racheli Aye Maeve Holmes Marggie Haza Mária Maxová Nova Stewart Poppy Fowler Priscilla Smith Racheli Aye Sam Rueter Zebrina Edgerton-Maloy Eilish Ryan Elizabeth Snider Emma Wilkinson Halley Tarell Carrie Wallace Debra Stark Ann-Marie Iacoviello Laura Solar performance art W E A R A B L E A R T A N D FA S H I O N DESIGN Alexandra Totillo dress Sara Gay necklace CULINARY Chef Guará Pimenta The Jazz Urbane Cafe EXHIBITION DESIGN AND BUILD Luke Smith, P&L Smithed Zsavon Butler P H OTO G R A P H Y JOINT KEYNOTE Emma Wilkinson Savannah Regensburger, MS, MBA, CNS Dimitra Bazaka Ariel Bridges Zoe Schumacher Dr. Chandra Spring-Robinson, DO, FACOG Devyn DiGrande Emma Kolsch Nara Rosetto Nina Phelps Ciara Holmes MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE Laura Solar Lindsey Faith Carolyn Mayer Alix Rae Eric Smalkin Erin Girouard Amanda Fuller Imani Lee Film Trips Holly Sanneman Jessica Steffl Kailey Mitchell Katherine Halle Katie Williams Larissa Fitzpatrick Nina Phelps Rebecca Kaplan Seamus Ryan Torie Helsel Zoe Armstrong VENUE The Sixth Floor Loft 873 Broadway, New York City FISCAL SPONSOR Endo Excision For All

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Flourish in Life through Art and Resources for Endometriosis FL AREENDO.ORG @flare.endo flareendo.substack.com priscilla@flarearts.org Published by FLARE Arts LLC, October 2026. © 2026 FLARE Arts LLC. Photographs © the photographers. Artworks © the artists. F L A R E A R T S L L C · N E W YO R K · I L L U M I N AT I N G E N D O M E T R I O S I S , S E P T E M B E R 1 7 – 1 9, 2 0 2 6