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I figured out how to get a new figure to plot. All it requires are unique names in on_pick, not just plt, for the figure and axes.

def on_pick(event):
    my_fig, my_ax = plt.subplots() # New plot with unique name
    my_ax.scatter([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8]) # Make the scatterplot
    my_fig.show() # Show the plot