diff --git a/app/src/App.tsx b/app/src/App.tsx
index 9eb2460f93..a0bf36f92a 100644
--- a/app/src/App.tsx
+++ b/app/src/App.tsx
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ import { ThemeProvider } from "@emotion/react";
 import { Provider, theme } from "@arizeai/components";
 
 import { AppRootQuery } from "./__generated__/AppRootQuery.graphql";
-import { TimeRangeProvider } from "./contexts/TimeRangeContext";
-import { DatasetsProvider } from "./contexts";
+import {
+  DatasetsProvider,
+  NotificationProvider,
+  TimeRangeProvider,
+} from "./contexts";
 import { GlobalStyles } from "./GlobalStyles";
 import RelayEnvironment from "./RelayEnvironment";
 import { AppRoutes } from "./Routes";
@@ -46,19 +49,21 @@ function App(props: AppProps) {
   } = usePreloadedQuery(RootQuery, props.preloadedQuery);
 
   return (
-    <DatasetsProvider
-      primaryDataset={primaryDataset}
-      referenceDataset={referenceDataset ?? null}
-    >
-      <TimeRangeProvider
-        timeRangeBounds={{
-          start: new Date(primaryDataset.startTime),
-          end: new Date(primaryDataset.endTime),
-        }}
+    <NotificationProvider>
+      <DatasetsProvider
+        primaryDataset={primaryDataset}
+        referenceDataset={referenceDataset ?? null}
       >
-        <AppRoutes />
-      </TimeRangeProvider>
-    </DatasetsProvider>
+        <TimeRangeProvider
+          timeRangeBounds={{
+            start: new Date(primaryDataset.startTime),
+            end: new Date(primaryDataset.endTime),
+          }}
+        >
+          <AppRoutes />
+        </TimeRangeProvider>
+      </DatasetsProvider>
+    </NotificationProvider>
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/app/src/contexts/NotificationContext.tsx b/app/src/contexts/NotificationContext.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e84b458805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/contexts/NotificationContext.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import React, { createContext, useCallback, useContext } from "react";
+
+import { NoticeFn, useNotification } from "@arizeai/components";
+
+// Extract the first argument of notify
+type NoticeConfig = Parameters<NoticeFn>[0];
+type NoticeConfigWithoutVariant = Omit<NoticeConfig, "variant">;
+type NotificationContextType = {
+  /**
+   * Send a notification that is visible in any part of the UI
+   */
+  notify: NoticeFn;
+  /**
+   * Convenience function to notify of an error
+   */
+  notifyError: (notice: NoticeConfigWithoutVariant) => void;
+  /**
+   * Convenience function to notify of a success
+   */
+  notifySuccess: (notice: NoticeConfigWithoutVariant) => void;
+};
+
+const NotificationContext = createContext<NotificationContextType | null>(null);
+
+export function NotificationProvider({
+  children,
+}: {
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+}) {
+  const [notify, holder] = useNotification();
+
+  const notifyError = useCallback(
+    (notice: NoticeConfigWithoutVariant) => {
+      notify({
+        variant: "danger",
+        ...notice,
+      });
+    },
+    [notify]
+  );
+
+  const notifySuccess = useCallback(
+    (notice: NoticeConfigWithoutVariant) => {
+      notify({
+        variant: "success",
+        ...notice,
+      });
+    },
+    [notify]
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <NotificationContext.Provider
+      value={{ notify, notifyError, notifySuccess }}
+    >
+      {children}
+      {holder}
+    </NotificationContext.Provider>
+  );
+}
+
+export function useGlobalNotification() {
+  const context = useContext(NotificationContext);
+  if (context === null) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "useGlobalNotification must be used within a NotificationProvider"
+    );
+  }
+  return context;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convenience hook to display an error at the global app level
+ */
+export function useNotifyError() {
+  const context = useGlobalNotification();
+  return context.notifyError;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convenience hook to display a success at the global app level
+ */
+export function useNotifySuccess() {
+  const context = useGlobalNotification();
+  return context.notifySuccess;
+}
diff --git a/app/src/contexts/index.tsx b/app/src/contexts/index.tsx
index cc0152a7e7..c916479cd7 100644
--- a/app/src/contexts/index.tsx
+++ b/app/src/contexts/index.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export * from "./DatasetsContext";
 export * from "./PointCloudContext";
 export * from "./TimeRangeContext";
+export * from "./NotificationContext";
diff --git a/app/src/pages/embedding/Embedding.tsx b/app/src/pages/embedding/Embedding.tsx
index d29f39cc76..e018f984c3 100644
--- a/app/src/pages/embedding/Embedding.tsx
+++ b/app/src/pages/embedding/Embedding.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ import {
   compactResizeHandleCSS,
   resizeHandleCSS,
 } from "@phoenix/components/resize/styles";
-import { PointCloudProvider, usePointCloudContext } from "@phoenix/contexts";
+import {
+  PointCloudProvider,
+  useGlobalNotification,
+  usePointCloudContext,
+} from "@phoenix/contexts";
 import { useDatasets } from "@phoenix/contexts";
 import { useTimeRange } from "@phoenix/contexts/TimeRangeContext";
 import {
@@ -224,6 +228,7 @@ function EmbeddingMain() {
         background-color: ${theme.colors.gray900};
       `}
     >
+      <PointCloudNotifications />
       <Toolbar
         extra={
           <Switch
@@ -584,3 +589,28 @@ function ClustersPanelContents({
     </Tabs>
   );
 }
+
+function PointCloudNotifications() {
+  const { notifyError } = useGlobalNotification();
+  const errorMessage = usePointCloudContext((state) => state.errorMessage);
+  const setErrorMessage = usePointCloudContext(
+    (state) => state.setErrorMessage
+  );
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (errorMessage !== null) {
+      notifyError({
+        title: "An error occurred",
+        message: errorMessage,
+        action: {
+          text: "Dismiss",
+          onClick: () => {
+            setErrorMessage(null);
+          },
+        },
+      });
+    }
+  }, [errorMessage, notifyError, setErrorMessage]);
+
+  return null;
+}
diff --git a/app/src/store/pointCloudStore.ts b/app/src/store/pointCloudStore.ts
index d0aa35690c..f52f4e67f5 100644
--- a/app/src/store/pointCloudStore.ts
+++ b/app/src/store/pointCloudStore.ts
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ export interface PointCloudProps {
    * The clustering / HDBSCAN parameters
    */
   hdbscanParameters: HDBSCANParameters;
+  /**
+   * An error message if anything occurs during point-cloud data loads
+   */
+  errorMessage: string | null;
 }
 
 export interface PointCloudState extends PointCloudProps {
@@ -273,6 +277,10 @@ export interface PointCloudState extends PointCloudProps {
    * Done when the point cloud is re-loaded
    */
   reset: () => void;
+  /**
+   * Set the error message
+   */
+  setErrorMessage: (message: string | null) => void;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -311,6 +319,7 @@ export type PointCloudStore = ReturnType<typeof createPointCloudStore>;
 export const createPointCloudStore = (initProps?: Partial<PointCloudProps>) => {
   // The default props irrespective of the number of datasets
   const defaultProps: PointCloudProps = {
+    errorMessage: null,
     points: [],
     pointData: null,
     selectedEventIds: new Set(),
@@ -365,7 +374,11 @@ export const createPointCloudStore = (initProps?: Partial<PointCloudProps>) => {
       });
 
       // Re-compute the point coloring once the granular data is loaded
-      const pointData = await fetchPointEvents(points.map((p) => p.eventId));
+      const pointData = await fetchPointEvents(
+        points.map((p) => p.eventId)
+      ).catch(() => set({ errorMessage: "Failed to load the point events" }));
+
+      if (!pointData) return; // The error occurred above
 
       set({
         pointData,
@@ -481,7 +494,11 @@ export const createPointCloudStore = (initProps?: Partial<PointCloudProps>) => {
     setDimension: async (dimension) => {
       const pointCloudState = get();
       set({ dimension, dimensionMetadata: null });
-      const dimensionMetadata = await fetchDimensionMetadata(dimension);
+      const dimensionMetadata = await fetchDimensionMetadata(dimension).catch(
+        () => set({ errorMessage: "Failed to load the dimension metadata" })
+      );
+      if (!dimensionMetadata) return; // The error occurred above
+
       set({ dimensionMetadata });
       if (dimensionMetadata.categories && dimensionMetadata.categories.length) {
         const numCategories = dimensionMetadata.categories.length;
@@ -558,6 +575,7 @@ export const createPointCloudStore = (initProps?: Partial<PointCloudProps>) => {
     setDimensionMetadata: (dimensionMetadata) => set({ dimensionMetadata }),
     setUMAPParameters: (umapParameters) => set({ umapParameters }),
     setHDBSCANParameters: (hdbscanParameters) => set({ hdbscanParameters }),
+    setErrorMessage: (errorMessage) => set({ errorMessage }),
   });
 
   return create<PointCloudState>()(devtools(pointCloudStore));
diff --git a/src/phoenix/__about__.py b/src/phoenix/__about__.py
index a73339bf81..00ec2dcdb2 100644
--- a/src/phoenix/__about__.py
+++ b/src/phoenix/__about__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.8"
+__version__ = "0.0.9"