Bruce L. Moon is a singer-songwriter, active painter, and performance artist.  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, Ohio.  For the last twenty-five years he has performed solo in a range of settings, including WVIA public radio in Scranton, PA, The Roisin Dubh in Galway, Ireland, a street festival in Savannah, a coffeehouse in Seattle, the Riverwalk in San Antonio, and Bishop Hill Creative Commons. Recently he has also been the front man for a trio, The Others, who perform in a variety of settings in northern suburbs of Chicago.   

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Bruce writes music for and about people he has known. He believes that good music ought to comfort people who have been afflicted and afflict people who are too comfortable.   He has 22 LPs available on Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora and other streaming services.

 

Bruce earned a couple master’s degrees from a Methodist Seminary and a PhD in creative arts from the Union Institute in Cincinnati.  He spent 22 years working as an art therapist at a psychiatric hospital in Columbus and another 20 years as a college professor.  People that he’s met, and experiences from the places he's been, are woven deeply into his music.  He says, “Everybody has a story and I hope my songs honor and comfort the folks I’ve encountered.

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Bruce 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.  He has performed concerts, presented papers, workshops, and performance art events throughout the United States, Canada and Asia.

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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. These are the highest honors granted by those organizations. He was also the co-founder of the Professional Doctorate in Art Therapy program at Mount Mary University.