Bruce Moon is a singer-songwriter, painter, poet, and performance artist with more than 32 LPs available on Apple Music, Spotify, and Pandora.  In addition there are more than 350 videos of his work on YouTube.   

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At one point in his life he was an ordained Methodist, and later worked as an art therapist at a psychiatric hospital for 22 years and as a university professor for another 20 years. Bruce writes music for and about people he has known in these settings, and he believes that a good song ought to comfort people who have been afflicted in the world and afflict those who are too comfortable. "Everybody has a story and I hope my work brings honor to the folks I have encountered.  As one concert-goer said, "Bruce's songs and stories make me laugh, let me cry, and push me to think about my life."

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He has logged years of stage-time performing at colleges and universities, dive bars, open mics, and concert venues. In the early 1970s he supported himself through college by playing in the duo, B.T. Noah, at coffeehouses, churches, and any place that would have them in Ohio and Indiana.  In the 80s he was part of another duo, Laughter and Hard Times, that played in bars and restaurants in and around Columbus.  More recently Bruce was the front man for a trio, The Others, based in north Chicago suburbs.  

 

For the last twenty-five years he has performed solo in a range of settings, including public radio stations, The Roisin Dubh in Galway, Ireland, a street festival in Savannah, GA, a coffeehouse in Seattle, the Riverwalk in San Antonio, various colleges and universities, and the Creative Commons, in Bishop Hill, IL. In addition to his solo performances, he is currently working with a band on a new LP that will be released in late 2025.  

 

Bruce earned two Master’s degrees from Methodist Theological School in Ohio, and a PhD in creative arts from the Union Institute in Cincinnati.  He is professor emeritus of art therapy, and past chair of the art therapy department and director of the graduate art therapy program at Mount Mary University in Milwaukee.  He is the author of 12 books widely used in art therapy  programs,  including Existential Art Therapy: The Canvas Mirror; Introduction to Art Therapy: Faith in the Product; and Art-Based Group Psychotherapy: Theory and Practice.  

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Bruce was the 2007 recipient of the Honorary Life Member Award (HLM) of the American Art Therapy Association and the 2009 recipient of the Buckeye Art Therapy Association HLM.  He was also the co-founder of the first Professional Doctorate in Art Therapy Program at Mount Mary University.